花か柳りゅう

noun

red-light district; pleasure quarters

Refers to traditional entertainment and red-light districts, often associated with geisha, courtesans, and nightlife. Can also appear in compound words like 花柳界 (the world of geisha and courtesans).

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、花か柳りゅうの世せ界かいは厳きびしい階かい級きゅう社しゃ会かいだった。

  In the Edo period, the world of the pleasure quarters was a strict class society.

• 彼かの女じょは花か柳りゅう界かいで名なを馳はせた芸げい者しゃだった。

  She was a geisha who made a name for herself in the red-light district.