Word details

青線

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 青線.

Dictionary

Entry

青線あおせんNounFreq #130383
1

blue line

2

Historical term; Abbreviation

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

3

non-legal public waterway (denoted by a blue line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

blue, green

8 strokesFrequency 589JLPT N3Grade 1

On

セイショウ

Kun

あおあお-あお.い

Nanori

line, track

15 strokesFrequency 382JLPT N2Grade 2

On

セン

Kun

すじ

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