レズビアン

レズビアン

See also: レスビアン

Japanese

Alternative forms

• レスビアン (resubian)
• (shortening, often derogatory, vulgar) レズ (rezu)
• (shortening) ビアン (bian)

Etymology

Borrowed from English lesbian or English Lesbian.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) レズビ​アン [rèzúbíꜜàǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) レズ​ビアン [rèzúꜜbìàǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞zɨᵝbʲiã̠ɴ]

Noun

レズビアン • (rezubian) 

1. lesbian (female homosexual)

See also

• レスボス (Resubosu)
• サッフィズム (saffizumu)

References

1. “レズビアン”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months