Vocabulary
あかかき垢搔き あかかき垢搔き あかかき垢搔き

Meaning

female assistant who scrubbed customers at public baths and also offered sexual services (Edo period)

Component Analysis

垢搔き
female assistant who scrubbed customers at public baths and also offered sexual services (Edo period)
あかかき
垢
dirt, grime, earwax
あか, はじ, コウ
土
soil, earth, ground...
つち, ド, ト
后
empress, queen, after...
きさき, コウ, ゴ
𠂋
𠂆
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
搔
to scratch
か.く, ソウ
扌
( 手 ) hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
蚤
flea
のみ, はやい, ソウ
叉
fork in road, crotch
また, サ, シャ
又
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また, また-, ユウ
丶
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ
虫
insect, bug, temper
むし, チュウ, キ
中
in, inside, middle...
なか, うち, チュウ
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
丨
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
すす.む, しりぞ.く, コン
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