茶ちゃ屋や女おんな

noun

teahouse woman; woman working in a teahouse or restaurant, often providing entertainment or sexual services

Historical term for women employed in Edo-period teahouses (茶屋) or similar establishments, where duties ranged from serving tea to entertaining male customers, sometimes including prostitution. See also 茶屋 and 色茶屋.

See also: 茶屋 · 色茶屋

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、茶ちゃ屋や女おんなは茶ちゃ屋やで客きゃくをもてなした。

  In the Edo period, teahouse women entertained customers at teahouses.

• 色いろ茶ぢゃ屋やでは、茶ちゃ屋や女おんなが性せい的てきなサービスを提てい供きょうすることもあった。

  At brothel-teahouses, teahouse women sometimes provided sexual services.