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jmdict 2423190 Active (id: 2045894)
性風俗
せいふうぞく
1. [n]
▶ sexual culture
▶ sexual mores
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2423200 性俗【せいぞく】 1. sexual culture; sexual mores
2. [n]
▶ prostitution



History:
5. A 2019-08-04 02:34:32  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
OK
  Diff:
@@ -17,2 +16,0 @@
-<s_inf>euphemism</s_inf>
-<gloss>adult entertainment</gloss>
4. A* 2019-08-03 17:38:14  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I understand what you mean, but I think it does *mean* prostitution and I don't think it's really a euphemism. 風俗 for "sex industry 
(including straight-out prostituion)" is maybe originally a euphemism but it's not used that way now, i.e. it's not politer or more careful 
word choice than saying something else, it's just the by far most common word to refer to this. 性+風俗 is just specifying more clearly that 
sex is involved, as I see it.
3. A* 2019-07-18 23:00:24  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I think this helps a little. It doesn't really "mean" prostitution.
  Diff:
@@ -16,0 +17,2 @@
+<s_inf>euphemism</s_inf>
+<gloss>adult entertainment</gloss>
2. A* 2019-07-18 18:12:04  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/風俗店
風俗店(ふうぞくてん)とは、一般に性的なサービスを行う店の事。性風俗店。日本では主に法律上「性風俗関連特殊営業」に分類されている店を指す。
The official English name of this law seems to be "Act on Control and Improvement of Amusement Business, etc." - "amusement business" is a 
quite interesting legal euphemisim
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15,4 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>prostitution</gloss>
+</sense>
1. A 2008-11-21 00:00:00 
  Comments:
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