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yūkaku

yūkaku noun: a type of legal red-light district in Japan.

Noun

yūkaku (plural yūkaku)

  1. (historical) A type of legal red-light district in Japan.

Forms of yūkaku

pluralyūkaku

Origin of yūkaku

Borrowed from Japanese 遊廓 (yūkaku).

Questions about yūkaku

What does yūkaku mean?
Yūkaku means a type of legal red-light district in Japan.
What part of speech is yūkaku?
Yūkaku is a noun.
What is the plural of yūkaku?
The plural of yūkaku is yūkaku.

Words near yūkaku in the dictionary

  1. Yünnan
  2. Yıldırım
  3. yōkai
  4. yōkais
  5. yōkan
  6. yūkaku
  7. y̆
  8. yͤ
  9. yͧ
  10. yͭ
  11. y’reyt?

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