Japanese

Noun

売春 ‎(hiragana ばいしゅん, romaji baishun)

1. prostitution

Derived terms

• 売春婦 (ばいしゅんふ) ‎(baishunfu): prostitute
• 売春宿 (ばいしゅんやど) ‎(baishun yado): brothel
• 児童売春 (じどうばいしゅん) ‎(jidō baishun): child prostitution
• 売春防止法 (ばいしゅんぼうしほう) ‎(baishun bōshi hō): Anti-Prostitution Law (of 1956)

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.