賤せん業ぎょう婦ふ

noun

prostitute

Archaic and derogatory term for a prostitute, literally 'woman of lowly occupation'. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical or literary contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの資し料りょうには「賤せん業ぎょう婦ふ」という言こと葉ばが見みられる。

  The term 賤業婦 can be found in documents from the Edo period.