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Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents. / (figuratively) Done in poor and unsanitary conditions, secretly and illegally; back-alley.

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backstreet

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Japanese Meaning

裏通りに面した地域に関連する、特に古い地区で住民が比較的貧困な地域を指す / （比喩的に）低品質かつ不衛生な環境で、秘密裏に、または違法に行われることを意味する

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The backstreet clinic provided free care to residents who couldn't afford private hospitals.

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裏通りの診療所は、私立病院を利用できない住民に無料で治療を提供していた。

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Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents.

The agency was given to some deserving politician who, as he knew nothing at all about Indians and spoke no language except traces of back-street American, would not be prejudiced in Indian affairs and interfere with the highly informed traders.

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