"ホモ" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ho̞mo̞] Forms: homo [romanization]
Etymology: Shortening of ホモセクシャル (homosekusharu, “homosexual”). Compare English homo. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|ホモセクシャル||homosexual}} ホモセクシャル (homosekusharu, “homosexual”), {{cog|en|homo}} English homo Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ホモ • (homo)
  1. (slang, humorous or derogatory) male homosexuality Tags: derogatory, humorous, slang
    Sense id: en-ホモ-ja-noun-YkV2SmNs Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, LGBTQ Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 47 53
  2. (slang, humorous or derogatory) male homosexual; homo Tags: derogatory, humorous, slang
    Sense id: en-ホモ-ja-noun-VLkLU4zr Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, LGBTQ Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 23 77 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 19 81 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 20 80 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ホモビデオ (homobideo), ホモビ (homobi)
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Download raw JSONL data for ホモ meaning in Japanese (2.3kB)

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