青線地帯

あおせんちたい

Meanings

1. Noun area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line; 1940s-1956)

Kanji

• 青 blue. Read as あお.
• 線 line. Read as セン.
• 地 land
• 帯 belt. Read as タイ.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists