若専

Japanese

Kanji in this term
若 専
わか
Grade: 6		 せん
Grade: 6

Etymology

若(い) waka(i) "young" + 専 sen "specialty"

Noun

若専 (hiragana わかせん, rōmaji wakasen)

  1. (gay slang) A chicken hawk; an older man who seeks out younger men as sexual partners.

References

  • Long, Daniel. (1996) Formation processes of some Japanese gay argot terms. American Speech, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 215–224.
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