立たちんぼ

noun

streetwalker; street prostitute

Specifically a woman who stands on the street soliciting customers. This is the most common modern meaning.

• 夜よるの繁はん華か街がいには立たちんぼが立たっていることがある。

  Sometimes streetwalkers stand in the nightlife district.

noun

being kept standing; standing around doing nothing

Describes a situation where someone is made to stand without purpose or activity. Often used in contexts like waiting for work or being left idle.

• 仕し事ごとがなくて、現げん場ばで立たちんぼのまま待またされた。

  With no work, I was kept standing around waiting at the site.

noun

beggar; tramp; day laborer waiting for work

Refers to someone who stands around in public, either begging or waiting to be picked up for casual labor. The day-laborer sense is historically common in places like 山谷 (San'ya).

• 昔むかし、山さん谷やには多おおくの立たちんぼがいた。

  In the past, there were many day laborers standing around in San'ya.

noun

tout for a hostess bar

A person who stands on the street trying to attract customers to a hostess bar or similar establishment.

• 駅えき前まえで立たちんぼが客きゃく引ひきをしている。

  A tout is soliciting customers in front of the station.

noun

street drug pusher

A person who stands on the street selling illegal drugs. Less common than the streetwalker sense.

• 警けい察さつは立たちんぼの薬やく物ぶつ売ばい人にんを取とり締しまった。

  The police cracked down on street drug pushers.