Word Meaning 青線

あおせん aosen

青線 is read as あおせん (aosen) and means area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line; 1940s-1956).

Meaning

English

  1. area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line; 1940s-1956)
  2. blue line
  3. non-legal public waterway (denoted by a blue line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)

Reading

Kana

あおせん

Romaji

aosen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 69187 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

青線区域

あおせんくいき

area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line; 1940s-1956)

青線地帯

あおせんちたい

area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line; 1940s-1956)

青銅

せいどう

bronze

青年団

せいねんだん

young persons' association

青雲

せいうん

blue sky

青竹

あおだけ

green bamboo

青菜

あおな

greens

青山学院女子短期大学

あおやまがくいんじょしたんきだいがく

Aoyama Gakuin Women's Junior College

青森公立大学

あおもりこうりつだいがく

Aomori Public University

青島大学

ちんたおだいがく

Qingdao University

青森大学

あおもりだいがく

Aomori University

青年トルコ党

せいねんとることう

the Young Turks