おなべ
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Japanese[edit]
Alternative spellings |
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御鍋 お鍋 オナベ |
Etymology[edit]
From 御 (o-, honorific) + 鍋 (nabe, “stew pot”). The LGBT slang sense is by analogy to おかま (okama), literally “rice pot”, a slang term for gay or feminine men. The “maidservant” sense comes from association between maids and cooking or serving food.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see お, 鍋.
- (LGBT slang, sometimes offensive) butch; dyke; or, a trans man, female-to-male (FTM)
- (literary, dated) [from 17th century] (nickname for) a maidservant