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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), ranging from hostess bars and cabaret clubs to more explicit adult services. Commonly appears in news coverage of entertainment districts and law enforcement.
その地区には風俗店が多く集まっている。
Many adult entertainment establishments are concentrated in that district.
警察が無認可の風俗店を摘発した。
Police cracked down on unlicensed adult entertainment establishments.
風俗店で働くことを選ぶ女性には、さまざまな背景がある。
Women who choose to work at adult entertainment establishments have various backgrounds.
Combines 風俗 (customs; here: adult entertainment) and 店 (shop, establishment). In everyday Japanese, 風俗 often implicitly refers to the sex/entertainment industry when used without further context.
RELATED TERMS:
- 風俗業: the adult entertainment business/industry
- 風俗嬢: a woman working in adult entertainment
- 性風俗: sexual customs; the sex industry (more explicit term)