おこげ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
御焦げお焦げ

Etymology

Compound of 御 (o-, “honorific prefix”) +‎ 焦げ (koge, “burnt”, from 焦げる (kogeru, “to be burned”)). The fag hag sense arises from analogy to burnt residue sticking to a お釜 (okama, “cooking pot; homosexual”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おこげ [òkóꜜgè] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [o̞ko̞ɡe̞]

Noun

おこげ • (okoge)

burnt residual food
(LGBTQ) fag hag

Synonyms

(burnt residual food): 焦(こ)げ飯(めし) (kogemeshi)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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