赤あか線せん区く域いき

noun

red-light district

Historical term for a designated prostitution district in Japan, especially under the post-WWII system until the 1958 anti-prostitution law. Often contrasted with 青線区域 (illegal/unlicensed districts).

• 戦せん後ご、赤あか線せん区く域いきは各かく地ちに存そん在ざいした。

  After the war, red-light districts existed in various places.

• 赤あか線せん区く域いきは売ばい春しゅん防ぼう止し法ほうの施し行こうにより廃はい止しされた。

  The red-light districts were abolished with the enforcement of the Anti-Prostitution Law.