Japanese Slang (76 page)

fune
ship

furusato
birthplace

gama
toad

gamaguchi
toad's mouth, wallet

gen

hachi
bowl

hako
box

hama
beach

hamehame
jab jab

happe
(northern Japanese dialect origin)

hehe
(northern Japanese dialect origin)

heki
cleft

heko (hekko)
(northern Japanese dialect origin)

heppe
(Hokkaido dialect origin)

hikeshitsubo
charcoal extinguisher

hiz
treasure

hobo
(northern dialect version of
bobo
)

horagai
trumpet shell

ichi

ichi no tani
the first valley

ichi o osu
press one

ichijiku
fig

ichiki

ike
pond

ikimi
breathing body

inoshishi
wild boar

inr
pill box

iwato
rock door

kai
shell

kanete

kani
crab

kannon
Goddess of Mercy

kan
canoe

keburo
hairy tub

kebuton
hairy futon

kegani
hairy crab

kegawa
fur

keman
contraction of
ke
, “hair,” and
omanko
, “vagina”

kemanj
hairy bean-jam bun

kemaru
hairy zero

kemomo
hair peach

kiiga
inversion of
gakki
, “musical instrument”

kinchaku
leather pouch

kippin
lucky object

kizu
gash

kobako
small box

koky
native place

kubo
hollow, sunken depression

kubomi
pit

kuma ana
bear hole

kurebasu
crevice (student slang)

kur
ta
crater (student slang)

kuromono
black thing

mito

maeana
front hole

maejiri
front ass

maku no uchi
behind the curtains

mame
bean

mamez
from
mame
, “bean,” and the Japanese name-ending
z

manj
bean-jam bun
(southern Japanese dialect origin)

manko
(Shikoku island origin)

mehi
inversion of
hime
, “princess”

meicho
(southern Japanese dialect origin)

meiki
exquisite article

meko
(Shikoku island origin)

meme
(southern Japanese dialect origin)

meme-jo
(southern Japanese dialect origin)

meme-ko
(southern Japanese dialect origin)

meme-san
(southern Japanese dialect origin)

menko
(western Japanese dialect origin)

miiman
one's own vagina (combination of the English “me” and
man
, “vagina”)

mitto
(street slang)

momo
peach

mon
gate

moyamoya
no
seki
hairy barrier

mukimi
stripped shellfish

nabe
cookpot

naijin
inside person

namagai
raw shell

nikuburo
meat tub

nikutsubo
meat jar

nukabukuro
rice-bran bag

numa
swamp

obake
ghoul

ocha
tea

ochanko
(northern Japanese dialect origin)

ochawan
tea bowl

ochaire
teapot

ochatsubo
teapot

ohachi
pot, rice tub

ohako
box

oka
hill

okaigai
shell shell

okame
Kabuki theater mask

okunoin
the holy of holies, the inner sanctum

okuromono
black thing (from
kuromono
)

oma
(central Japanese origin)

omanko
(standard slang, northern and central Japanese origin)

omanman
(student slang)

omatsuri
festival

ome
(Kobe slang)

omecha
(Hiroshima dialect origin)

omecho (omech
)
(Hiroshima dialect origin)