English

Japayuki-san

Blend of Japan + karayuki-san.

Hokkien 日本

Malay Jepang ‘Japanese’

Dutch Japan

English Japan

Japanese 唐行きさん ‘Ms. Gone-to-China/abroad’

Today it means

noun A Filipina who travels to Japan to work as an entertainer, with implications of prostitution.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Japayuki-san