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Noun
1. sandbank (in a river); sandbar
Place
2. Nakasu
Wikipedia definition
3. Nakasuis the red-light district which exists between the sandbank of the Naka River and the Hakata River in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is named after a popular, but very short-lived, entertainment quarter of Edo, which existed in the late 18th century. The name "Nakasu" can be translated as "the island in the middle" as Nakasu is an island between two rivers.
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Other forms
中洲 【なかす】

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