| 呼び出し(P);呼出し;呼出(io) | [よびだし, yobidashi] (n, vs) (1) (See 呼び出す・よびだす・1) call; summons; (n) (2) sumo usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; (3) (abbr) (See 呼び出し電話) telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (4) (arch) (See 陸湯) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (5) (arch) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (6) (arch) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period); (P) #9,734 [Add to Longdo] |
| 岡場所 | [おかばしょ, okabasho] (n) red-light district [Add to Longdo] |
| 花街;花町 | [かがい(花街);はなまち, kagai ( hana machi ); hanamachi] (n) red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter [Add to Longdo] |
| 花柳 | [はなやぎ, hanayagi] (n) red-light district; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 花柳界 | [かりゅうかい, karyuukai] (n) red-light district; pleasure quarters; world of the geisha; demimonde; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 廓;郭;曲輪 | [くるわ;かく(廓;郭), kuruwa ; kaku ( kaku ; kaku )] (n) (1) district; quarter; (2) enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; (3) red-light district [Add to Longdo] |
| 郭言葉 | [くるわことば, kuruwakotoba] (n) (arch) language used in red-light districts during the Edo period; vulgar words used by prostitutes from the Edo period [Add to Longdo] |
| 私娼窟 | [ししょうくつ, shishoukutsu] (n) (arch) brothel; house of ill repute; red-light district [Add to Longdo] |
| 商売女 | [しょうばいおんな, shoubaionna] (n) (1) (See 商売人) woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); (2) woman who works in an adult entertainment business; (3) woman from the red-light district; demimondaine; prostitute [Add to Longdo] |
| 色町;色街 | [いろまち, iromachi] (n) red-light district [Add to Longdo] |
