青線

Japanese

Kanji in this term
青	線
あお Grade: 1	せん Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Alternative spelling
靑線 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Yutōyomi

(Tokyo) あおせん [àóséń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [a̠o̞sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

青(あお)線(せん) • (aosen) ^{←あをせん (awosen)^?}

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(historical) Short for 青線地帯(あおせんちたい) (aosenchitai): Aosen (districts in Japan where prostitution and the sex industry flourished)

See also

赤線(あかせん) (akasen)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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