hokage

Japanese

Romanization

hokage

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ほかげ

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 火影(ほかげ) (hokage, literally “fire shadow”) from Naruto, a manga and anime series about ninjas which are people trained in tasks requiring stealth, wherein a hokage is the leader and the strongest ninja of the village where the main character resides.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌhokaˈɡe/ [ˌhoː.xɐˈɣɛ], /hoˈkaɡe/ [hoˈxaː.ɣɛ]
  • Rhymes: -e, -aɡe
  • Syllabification: ho‧ka‧ge

Noun

hókagé or hokage (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃᜄᜒ) (slang)

  1. someone, usually a male, who is skillful or excellent at making smooth and sneaky actions (such as making a move on someone suavely but more often than not refers to unexpected non-consensual physical contact on another person)

See also

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