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若(わか)衆(しゅ)
Rank #67,933

Meanings

  • noun (common) (futsuumeishi), dated term
    1. young person; young man; young woman
  • noun (common) (futsuumeishi), archaic
    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)

Readings

若衆
(98%)
わかしゅ
(<1%)
わかしゅう
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