"wakashu" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wakashu [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 若衆 (“young person”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|若衆||young person}} Japanese 若衆 (“young person”) Head templates: {{en-noun|wakashu}} wakashu (plural wakashu)
  1. (archaic) A Japanese boy after early childhood but before his coming-of-age ceremony. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Age
    Sense id: en-wakashu-en-noun-EEI1ftMs Disambiguation of Age: 57 30 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 22 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 24 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 20 17
  2. A role in kabuki traditionally played by a boy of this age category. Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-wakashu-en-noun-c8MHcDXF Disambiguation of Theater: 19 70 11
  3. A soldier of the oyabun in the yakuza hierarchy.
    Sense id: en-wakashu-en-noun-RrKzlAJF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: yakuza, oyabun, waka gashira, shatei, shatei gashira, kyodai
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