遊郭

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遊	郭
ゆう Grade: 3	かく Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
遊廓

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) ゆうかく [yùúkákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝːka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

遊(ゆう)郭(かく) • (yūkaku) ^{←いうくわく (iukwaku)^?}

yūkaku (licensed red-light district)

Synonyms

くるわ (kuruwa)
遊里(ゆうり) (yūri)
色里(いろざと) (irozato)
色町(いろまち) (iromachi)

References

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

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