お焦げ
Japanese
Kanji in this term |
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焦 |
こ Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
Compound of 御 (o-, “honorific prefix”) + 焦げ (koge, “burnt”). The fag hag sense arises from analogy to burnt residue sticking to a お釜 (okama, “cooking pot; homosexual”).
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) おこげ [òkóꜜgè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [o̞ko̞ɡe̞]
Alternative forms
- 御焦げ
Noun
お焦げ (hiragana おこげ, rōmaji okoge)
- burnt residual food
- (LGBT) fag hag
Synonyms
- (burnt residual food): 焦げ飯 (kogemeshi)
See also
- お釜 (okama, “pot; male homosexual”)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN