Red ticket - Akagippu

Japanese: 赤切符 - あかぎっぷ

〘Noun〙 (From the fact that the tickets were light red) Originally, it was a colloquial name for third-class (older lower-class) tickets when train fares were divided into three tiers. By extension, it refers to third-class passengers. It is also used as an analogy for people or things that are inferior. *Torikage (1908)〈Ishikawa Takuboku〉 6: "I quickly bought a red ticket for Morioka." *An'ya Koro (1921-37)〈Shiga Naoya〉 3: "If geishas have red tickets, then teahouses also have red tickets."

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (切符が薄赤色であったところから) もと、汽車賃が三段階に分かれていた頃の、三等（古くは下等）の切符の俗称。転じて、三等乗客。また、人や物の下等なことのたとえにいう。※鳥影（1908）〈石川啄木〉六「急いで盛岡行の赤切符を買って」※暗夜行路（1921‐37）〈志賀直哉〉三「芸者も赤切符なら、茶屋も赤切符なんだよ」

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