"ゲイ" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɡe̞i] Forms: gei [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English gay. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|gay}} English gay Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ゲイ • (gei)
  1. (sexuality) gay Wikipedia link: ja:ゲイ Derived forms: ゲイバー (gei bā) (english: gay bar), ゲイパワー (gei pawā) (english: gay power), ゲイボーイ (gei bōi) (english: gay boy), ゲイリブ (gei ribu) (english: gay liberation movement)

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for ゲイ meaning in Japanese (1.6kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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