乙男
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 乙 | 男 |
| おと Grade: S |
めん Grade: 1 |
| Irregular | |
Etymology
Blend of 乙女 (otome, “young girl”) + メンズ (menzu, “men's”, from English men's, apparently used here loosely and facetiously to refer to “a man”).
Pronunciation
- (Irregular reading)
- IPA(key): [o̞to̞mẽ̞ɴ]
Noun
乙男 (hiragana おとめん, rōmaji otomen)
- a man with the sensitive feelings of a girl
- (pejorative) a girly boy
See also
- 乙女心 (otomegokoro)
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