"男色" meaning in Japanese

See 男色 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [dã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞kɯ̟] Forms: 男色 [canonical] (ruby: 男(だん), 色(しょく)), danshoku [romanization]
Etymology: Middle Chinese 男色 Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|男色|sort=たんしょく'}} Middle Chinese 男色 Head templates: {{ja-noun|だんしょく}} 男(だん)色(しょく) • (danshoku)
  1. male homosexuality Synonyms: 鶏姦 (keikan) (ruby: 鶏姦(けいかん))
    Sense id: en-男色-ja-noun-YkV2SmNs Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Sexuality Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Sexuality: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [nã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞kɯ̟] Forms: 男色 [canonical] (ruby: 男(なん), 色(しょく)), nanshoku [romanization]
Etymology: Middle Chinese 男色 Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|男色|sort=なんしょく}} Middle Chinese 男色 Head templates: {{ja-noun|なんしょく}} 男(なん)色(しょく) • (nanshoku)
  1. male homosexuality
    Sense id: en-男色-ja-noun-YkV2SmNs1 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Sexuality Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Sexuality: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for 男色 meaning in Japanese (2.8kB)

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  "title": "男色",
  "trace": ""
}

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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 2025-05-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (e937b02 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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