mizuage

English

Borrowed from Japanese 水揚げ.

mizuage (uncountable)

(historical) The coming-of-age ceremony of a maiko, an apprentice geisha, often associated with loss of virginity.
- 1997, Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha, Vintage 1998, p. 232:
  “The first time a woman's cave is explored by a man's eel. That is what we call mizuage.”

There is some dispute over to what extent (if at all) loss of virginity was traditionally involved with the ceremony.

mizuage

单词	mizuage
释义	mizuage English Etymology Borrowed from Japanese 水揚げ. Noun mizuage (uncountable) (historical) The coming-of-age ceremony of a maiko, an apprentice geisha, often associated with loss of virginity. 1997, Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha, Vintage 1998, p. 232: “The first time a woman's cave is explored by a man's eel. That is what we call mizuage.” Usage notes There is some dispute over to what extent (if at all) loss of virginity was traditionally involved with the ceremony. Japanese Romanization mizuage Rōmaji transcription of みずあげ
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