朱しゅ引びき

noun

drawing red lines; redlining

General act of drawing lines in red ink, often for emphasis or correction.

• 先せん生せいは答とう案あんに朱しゅ引びきを入いれて間ま違ちがいを指し摘てきした。

  The teacher drew red lines on the exam paper to point out mistakes.

noun

red lines marking town limits (Edo period)

Historical term for red boundary lines drawn on maps to indicate town or district limits during the Edo period.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの地ち図ずには、町まちの境きょう界かいを示しめす朱しゅ引びきが引ひかれていた。

  On maps from the Edo period, red lines were drawn to show town boundaries.

noun

red lines marking nouns in kanbun texts

Archaic use: in classical Chinese texts read by Japanese scholars, red lines were drawn beside nouns to aid parsing.

• 漢かん文ぶんの訓くん読どくでは、名めい詞しに朱しゅ引びきを施ほどこして読よみやすくすることがあった。

  In the Japanese reading of classical Chinese, red lines were sometimes added next to nouns to make them easier to read.