風俗店(ふうぞくてん)

ふうぞくてん
noun
adult entertainment establishment; sex industry business
society
1. adult entertainment establishment; business in the sex or hostess industry
A business that falls under Japan's entertainment licensing regulations (風俗営業法(ふうぞくえいぎょうほう)), ranging from hostess bars and cabaret clubs to more explicit adult services. Commonly appears in news coverage of entertainment districts and law enforcement.
その地区(ちく)には風俗店(ふうぞくてん)が多(おお)く集(あつ)まっている。
Many adult entertainment establishments are concentrated in that district.
警察(けいさつ)が無認可(むにんか)の風俗店(ふうぞくてん)を摘発(てきはつ)した。
Police cracked down on unlicensed adult entertainment establishments.
風俗店(ふうぞくてん)で働(はたら)くことを選(えら)ぶ女性(じょせい)には、さまざまな背景(はいけい)がある。
Women who choose to work at adult entertainment establishments have various backgrounds.

Combines 風俗(ふうぞく) (customs; here: adult entertainment) and 店(みせ) (shop, establishment). In everyday Japanese, 風俗(ふうぞく) often implicitly refers to the sex/entertainment industry when used without further context.

Related words

  • 風俗業(ふうぞくぎょう): the adult entertainment business/industry
  • 風俗嬢(ふうぞくじょう): a woman working in adult entertainment
  • 性風俗(せいふうぞく): sexual customs; the sex industry (more explicit term)
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Added 2026.6.12 6:43 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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