風俗嬢

Japanese

Kanji in this term
風	俗	嬢
ふう Grade: 2	ぞく Grade: S	じょう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
風俗孃 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 風俗 (fūzoku, “sex work”) +‎ 嬢 (jō, “young lady”).

Noun

風(ふう)俗(ぞく)嬢(じょう) • (fūzokujō) 

1. a woman who works in the sex industry, a woman sex worker
   • 2001, Kureichi Matsuzawa, Fūzoku Zemināru [Sex industry seminar], →OCLC, page 9:

     聞(き)いたところによると、風俗嬢(ふうぞくじょう)との兼業(けんぎょう)が増(ふ)えたため、風俗仕事(ふうぞくしごと)をやったことがバレると、すぐにクビというキャバクラもあるそうですな（クビになった子(こ)が言(い)っていた）。

     Kīta tokoro ni yoru to, fūzokujō to no kengyō ga fueta tame, fūzoku shigoto o yatta koto ga bareru to, sugu ni kubi to iu kyabakura mo aru sō desu na (kubi ni natta ko ga itte ita).

     From what I have heard, since increasing numbers moonlight as sex workers, if it is exposed that they have done sex work, cabaret hostesses have been fired on the spot (according to people who have been fired).