Blue ticket - Aogippu

Japanese: 青切符 - あおぎっぷ
Blue ticket - Aogippu
〘 noun 〙 (Because the ticket was light blue) Originally, it was a colloquial name for second-class (formerly middle-class) tickets when train fares were divided into three tiers. ※Shuncho (1903)〈Tayama Katai〉3 "Even though I was a poor student, I always bought blue tickets."

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:
〘名〙 (切符が薄青色であったことから) もと、汽車賃が三段階に分かれていたときの、二等(古くは中等)の切符の俗称。※春潮(1903)〈田山花袋〉三「貧しき学生の身なるにも係らず、常に青切符を買ふのを常として」

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