身み請うけ金がね

noun

money to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage

Historical term for the sum paid to release a woman from indentured service in the pleasure quarters. Often used in contexts of 身請け (buying out a contract).

See also: 身請け

• 彼かれは遊ゆう女じょの身み請うけ金きんを工く面めんするために必ひっ死しで働はたらいた。

  He worked desperately to raise the money to buy the courtesan out of her contract.

• 身み請うけ金きんが高こう額がくだったため、なかなか自じ由ゆうの身みになれなかった。

  Because the redemption money was so high, she could not easily gain her freedom.