花か柳りゅう界かい

noun

red-light district; pleasure quarters; world of the geisha

Refers to the traditional entertainment districts where geisha and courtesans worked, often associated with the Edo period. The term carries a literary or historical flavor and is not used for modern red-light districts.

• 彼かの女じょは花か柳りゅう界かいで育そだった芸げい者しゃだった。

  She was a geisha who grew up in the pleasure quarters.

• 花か柳りゅう界かいの風ふう習しゅうを描えがいた小しょう説せつを読よんだ。

  I read a novel depicting the customs of the demimonde.