端はし女じょ郎ろう

noun

low-class licensed prostitute (Edo period)

Historical term for a lower-ranking prostitute in the licensed pleasure quarters of the Edo period. Not used in modern Japanese outside of historical or literary contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、吉よし原わらでは端はし女じょ郎ろうが多おおく働はたらいていた。

  In the Edo period, many low-class licensed prostitutes worked in Yoshiwara.