Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

karayuki-san

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: karayuk-i-san
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Japanese girl from a poor agricultural region who was sent abroad to work as a prostitute.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 唐行(からゆ)きさん (karayuki-san, “Ms. Gone-to-China/abroad”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

karayuki-sans (plural)

Phrases

Japayuki-san

Questions

What does karayuki-san mean?: A Japanese girl from a poor agricultural region who was sent abroad to work as a prostitute.
Where does karayuki-san come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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