パン助

Japanese

Kanji in this term
助
すけ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
パンスケ

Etymology

Blend of パンパン (panpan, “prostitute”, particularly a prostitute servicing foreign soldiers during the Occupation of Japan; of uncertain derivation) +‎ 助 (suke, common element in names, and underworld slang for “woman, girl”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) パンすけ [páꜜǹsùkè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [pã̠ɰ̃sɨke̞]

Noun

パン助(すけ) • (pansuke)

(slang, dated, derogatory) a prostitute, a whore
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:娼婦

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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