"パパ活" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: パパ活 [canonical] (ruby: 活(かつ)), papakatsu [romanization], パパカツ [alternative]
Etymology: From パパ (“papa, father”) + 活 (“activity”). Compare 婚活(こんかつ) (konkatsu, “marriage-hunting”) Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|パパ|活|t1=papa, father|t2=activity}} パパ (“papa, father”) + 活 (“activity”), {{ja-r|婚活|こんかつ|marriage-hunting}} 婚活(こんかつ) (konkatsu, “marriage-hunting”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|パパかつ}} パパ活(かつ) • (papakatsu)
  1. sugar dating (seeking or doing dating with an older man, or a sugar daddy, in exhange for money and other goods) Related terms: 援助交際 (enjo kōsai)
    Sense id: en-パパ活-ja-noun-yPfi-2Bl Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 71 29 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 76 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 58 42 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 76 24 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5

Verb

Forms: パパ活する [canonical] (ruby: 活(かつ)), papakatsu suru [romanization], パパ活し [stem] (ruby: 活(かつ)), パパ活した [past] (ruby: 活(かつ)), パパカツ [alternative]
Etymology: From パパ (“papa, father”) + 活 (“activity”). Compare 婚活(こんかつ) (konkatsu, “marriage-hunting”) Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|パパ|活|t1=papa, father|t2=activity}} パパ (“papa, father”) + 活 (“activity”), {{ja-r|婚活|こんかつ|marriage-hunting}} 婚活(こんかつ) (konkatsu, “marriage-hunting”) Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|パパかつ}} パパ活(かつ)する • (papakatsu suru) suru (stem パパ活(かつ)し (papakatsu shi), past パパ活(かつ)した (papakatsu shita))
  1. to seek or do paid dating with an older man
    Sense id: en-パパ活-ja-verb-AUiJsFWU Categories (other): Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 50 50
     
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          "english": "Some girls seek a sugar daddy in order to survive, to feed themselves, or to have a roof over their heads just for the one night.",
          "ref": "2023, Harumi Yoshida https://kokkai.ndl.go.jp/#/detail?minId=121105254X02420230509&spkNum=24¤t=1",
          "roman": "Ikiru tame ni, taberu tame ni, soshite, sono yoru no nedoko o motomete papakatsu suru ko mo imasu.",
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