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二業地 (にぎょうち) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

二に業ぎょう地ち

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ぎょ

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ち

Meanings

1

noun

entertainment quarters (with food and geisha)

Refers to a district where both restaurants and geisha houses operate, a specific type of traditional entertainment area.

この地ち域いきは昔むかし、二に業ぎょう地ちとして栄さかえた。
This area once flourished as an entertainment quarter with restaurants and geisha.

Kanji

二two, two radical (no. 7)
業business, vocation, arts
地ground, earth

Etymology

Compound of 二 (ni, 'two') + 業 (gyō, 'business') + 地 (chi, 'district'), referring to a district with two types of businesses: restaurants and geisha houses.