パン助
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 助 |
| すけ Grade: 3 |
| kun’yomi |
Etymology
Blend of パンパン (panpan, “prostitute”, particularly a prostitute servicing foreign soldiers during the Occupation of Japan; of uncertain derivation) + 助 (suke, common element in names, and underworld slang for “woman, girl”).[1][2]
Alternative forms
Noun
パン助 (hiragana and katakana パンすけ, rōmaji pansuke)
- (slang, dated, derogatory) a prostitute, a whore
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:娼婦
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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