Japanese Slang (74 page)

shasei
ejaculation (standard word)

seieki
semen (standard word)

supanku
the British English slang expression “spunk”

s
pu
the English word “soup”

toro
from
torori
, “"thick liquid”

tsuyu juice

y
guruto
the English word “yogurt”

z
men
from the German word
Samen
, “seed”

TAMPON

banira
vanilla (as in “vanilla-ice cone”)

kuraka
cracker

tii baggu
tea bag

wairesumaiku
wireless microphone

TATTOO

gaman
patience

kanban
placard

kurikaramonmon
large elaborate tattoo

monmon
from
kurikaramonmon

sumi
from
irezumi
, “tattoo”

TELEPHONE

rinrin
ring ring

tere
short for
terefuon
, “telephone”

tsunagi
connection

waden
inversion of denwa, “telephone”

TESTICLES

boru
the English word “balls”

chintama
from
chin
, “penis,” and
tama
, “balls” (also used for “penis”)

danbe
(southwestern Japanese dialect origin)

dango
rice cake

dara
tobacco pouch (Hiroshima dialect origin)

donben
(Nagasaki area origin)

fugui
(used in southern Japan and Okinawa)

fuguri
testicle sack (street slang)

fuinukunga
the eggs (
kunga
) of the penis (
fui
) (Okinawa slang)

funguri
from
fuguri
, “testicle sack”

funguidani
(Okinawa, Yonagunijima dialect origin)

furudani
(Okinawa slang)

goro
(southern Japanese dialect origin)

heppe
(criminal jargon, northern Japanese dialect origin)

hetsuguri
(street slang, Niigata dialect origin)

h
ju
precious gem (priest slang)

h
ma
(criminal jargon)

kaite
(criminal jargon)

kinkuri
(Shizuoka dialect origin)

kinta
short for
kintama
(Amami Oshima dialect in southern Japan)

kintama
golden balls (standard slang)

kintare
golden dangle (criminal jargon, Hiroshima dialect origin)

kints
(street slang expression used in southern Japanese cities, Hiroshima dialect origin)

k
ma
egg (Okinawa dialect slang)

kuga
egg (Okinawa dialect slang)

k
ga
from
kuga
, “egg”

kyappe
(Yakuza slang)

ky
heki
large treasure-balls (priest slang)

ohagi
rice dumplings covered with bean jam

oinarisan
type of sushi that originated in Osaka

oinaribukuro
roundish sack of deep fried tofu into which sushi is stuffed

pugui
(Okinawa island. slang)

ry
gaku
spiritual balls (priest slang)

sunbako
(northern Japanese dialect origin)

suzuko
bell child (northern Japanese dialect origin)

tagu
(Kagoshima dialect origin)

taimo
(Osaka origin)

tama
balls (standard slang)

tane
seed (southern Japanese dialect origin)

tani
seed (Okinawa dialect origin)

tansu
rice cake (Toyama dialect origin)

TESTICLES, special traits

doben
pot, large testicles (Southern Japanese dialect origin)

dobenoko
large, lowhanging testicles (Nagasaki slang)

dobin
from
doben
, “pot”

donbi
large testicles (criminal jargon, central Japanese dialect origin)

katafuri
side hang (one testicle hangs lower than the other)

katakin
side gold (northern Japanese dialect origin)

kenke
pickles (small, tight testicles, central Japanese dialect origin)