"おなべ" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [o̞na̠be̞] Forms: おなべ [canonical], オナベ [canonical], onabe [romanization]
Etymology: From 御(お) (o-, honorific) + 鍋(なべ) (nabe, “stew pot”). The LGBT slang sense is by analogy to おかま (okama), literally “rice pot”, a slang term for gay or feminine men. The “maidservant” sense comes from association between maids and cooking or serving food. Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|御|お-|鍋|なべ|pos1=honorific|t2=stew pot}} 御(お) (o-, honorific) + 鍋(なべ) (nabe, “stew pot”), {{ja-r|おかま}} おかま (okama) Head templates: {{ja-noun|オナベ}} おなべ or オナベ • (onabe)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see お, 鍋.
    Sense id: en-おなべ-ja-noun-swsQhUnX
  2. (LGBTQ slang, sometimes offensive) butch; dyke; or, a trans man Tags: offensive, sometimes
    Sense id: en-おなべ-ja-noun-R-0yAraO Categories (other): LGBTQ, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms prefixed with 御, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 26 74 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 26 74 Disambiguation of Japanese terms prefixed with 御: 32 68 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79
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Download raw JSONL data for おなべ meaning in Japanese (1.9kB)

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