わかしゅ – Vocabulary details

わかしゅ

Noun

Old-fashioned

1. young person; young man; young woman

2. boy who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony (Edo period)

3. young (homosexual) male prostitute; young kabuki actor also working as a male prostitute

4. boy in a homosexual relationship (with a man)

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youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new

great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique

young men's kabuki

male homosexuality; pederasty

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