おやま

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of おやま – see the following entries.
【女形】
[noun] male actor who plays female roles in kabuki theater: onnagata
[noun] in puppetry, a female puppet
[noun] (slang, possibly archaic, chiefly Kansai) a high-end prostitute
Alternative spellings
女方, お山, 御山
【小山】
[noun] hill, knoll
[proper noun] Oyama (a city in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan)
[proper noun] a surname
(This term, おやま (oyama), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

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Etymology 2

Noun

おやま • (oyama) 

  1. 御山: (polite) mountain; travelling buddhist monk
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