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    3. 花柳界

    花柳界

    花か柳りゅう界かい

    red-light district

    KMT10News #46+1Ref L2NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab25 strokes

    かりゅうかい

    Noun

    1.
    red-light district, pleasure quarters, world of the geisha, demimonde

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    芸げい者しゃは花か柳りゅう界かいに住すんでいました。

    The geisha lived in the pleasure quarters.

    KMT8Culture & Traditions
    日に本ほんには花か柳りゅう界かいの長ながい歴れき史しがある。

    Japan has a long history of pleasure quarters.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistory
    花か柳りゅう界かいの伝でん統とうは、部ぶ外がい者しゃにはしばしば誤ご解かいされている。

    The traditions of the pleasure quarters are often misunderstood by outsiders.

    KMT10Culture & Traditions
    京きょう都との祇ぎ園おんは、花か柳りゅう界かいとの歴れき史し的てきなつながりで有ゆう名めいだ。

    Kyoto's Gion district is famous for its historical connection to the hanamachi (pleasure quarters).

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsTravel & Transportation
    多おおくの日に本ほんの伝でん統とう芸げい能のうは、花か柳りゅう界かいの中なかで保ほ存ぞんされ発はっ展てんしてきた。

    Many traditional Japanese arts were preserved and developed within the flower and willow world (pleasure quarters).

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsArt & Design

    Kanji that make up this word

    花
    はな…(3)
    flower
    柳
    やなぎ…(7)
    willow
    界
    world・boundary
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