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]

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Noun

パン助 (hiragana and katakana パンすけ, rōmaji pansuke)

  1. (slang, dated, derogatory) a prostitute, a whore

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:娼婦

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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