Japanese

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 赤線 on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
あか
Grade: 1
せん
Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(あか)(せん) (akasen

  1. red line
  2. (historical) Short for 赤線地帯(あかせんちたい) (akasenchitai): Akasen (districts in Japan where prostitution and the sex industry flourished)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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赤線 (jeokseon) (hangeul 적선)

  1. hanja form? of 적선 (red line)