"赤線" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [a̠ka̠sẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 赤線 [canonical] (ruby: (あか), (せん)), akasen [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|あかせん}} 赤(あか)線(せん) • (akasen)
  1. red line
    Sense id: en-赤線-ja-noun-oLzJa42N
  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) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, historical Alternative form of: 赤線地帯(あかせんちたい) (extra: (akasenchitai): Akasen (districts in Japan where prostitution and the sex industry flourished))
    Sense id: en-赤線-ja-noun-PBAtTorW Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 24 76 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 36 64 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 青線 (aosen) (ruby: 青線(あおせん))
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          "red"
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        ]
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Download raw JSONL data for 赤線 meaning in Japanese (1.8kB)

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