おこげ
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Japanese[edit]
| Alternative spellings |
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| 御焦げ お焦げ |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 御 (o-, “honorific prefix”) + 焦げ (koge, “burnt”, from 焦げる (kogeru, “to be burned”)). The fag hag sense arises from analogy to burnt residue sticking to a お釜 (okama, “cooking pot; homosexual”).
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See also[edit]
- お釜 (okama, “pot; male homosexual”)
References[edit]
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN