牙婆すあいalso: すわいじ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1nounbroker; brokerage; brokerage feearchaicArchaic term for a broker or the fee charged by a broker. Not used in modern Japanese; replaced by words like 仲買人 (なかがいにん) or 手数料 (てすうりょう).江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんには、牙婆すわいが取とり引ひきの仲ちゅう介かいをした記き録ろくが残のこっている。Break this sentence down in the analyzerRecords from the Edo period show that 牙婆 acted as intermediaries in transactions.