郭

Meaning

郭 centers on a bounded, walled area: an enclosure, a fortified compound, or a designated quarter. The red-light district sense is a specific historical application of a walled-off entertainment quarter.

• 輪郭りんかく
  N1

  contour; outline; silhouette

• 遊郭ゆうかく

  (licensed) red light district

• 城郭じょうかく

  castle; citadel; fortress

• 五稜郭ごりょうかく

  five-sided fortification

• 外郭がいかく

  outer fence; outer enclosure; outer block

• 胸郭きょうかく

  chest; thorax

• 郭公かっこう

  common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

• 外郭団体がいかくだんたい

  auxiliary organization (organisation); extra-departmental body; fringe organization

• 一郭いっかく

  one block; enclosure

• 主観的輪郭しゅかんてきりんかく

  illusory contour; subjective contour

• 囲郭村いかくそん

  walled settlement; walled town

• 城郭都市じょうかくとし

  fortified city; walled city

• 外郭環状道路がいかくかんじょうどうろ

  outer ring road; orbital road

• 斑冠郭公まだらかんむりかっこう

  great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)

• 胸郭出口症候群きょうかくでぐちしょうこうぐん

  thoracic outlet syndrome; TOS

• 負郭ふかく

  land near a castle

• 輪郭線りんかくせん

  outline; contour line; border line

• 輪郭線要素りんかくせんようそ

  trimming curve

• 郭言葉くるわことば

  sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts (Edo period); vulgar words used by prostitutes (Edo period)

• 郭門かくもん

  gate of a castle's outer enclosure; outer gate

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