遊ゆう客かく

noun

sightseer; pleasure-seeker; frequenter of red-light districts

A somewhat literary or old-fashioned term for someone who goes out seeking pleasure, whether sightseeing, carousing, or visiting entertainment quarters. The specific nuance depends on context; it can range from a simple tourist to a dissolute playboy or a regular patron of red-light districts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、吉よし原わらには多おおくの遊ゆう客かくが訪おとずれた。

  In the Edo period, many pleasure-seekers visited Yoshiwara.

• 彼かれは遊ゆう客かくのような生せい活かつを送おくっている。

  He leads a life like that of a playboy.