yellow cab

New-York-City US Japanese derogatory ethnic slur

(US, chiefly New York City) Synonym of taxi. / (Japanese, derogatory, ethnic slur) An Asian woman who sleeps with white men, particularly such Japanese women when regarded as a race traitor.

Japanese Meaning

(米国、特にニューヨーク市で使用) タクシーの同義語としての意味 / (日本において侮蔑的に使われる、民族に対する差別用語) 白人男性と交際または性的関係を持つアジア系女性、特にその行動が「人種の裏切り」と見なされる場合に用いられる意味

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I flagged down a yellow cab to get to the conference on time.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

会議に間に合うようにタクシーを拾った。

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Sense（1）

(US, chiefly New York City) Synonym of taxi.

Sense（2）

Despite its ubiquity in 1990s Japanese culture, one telephone survey of 200 people conducted in the New York area did not find a single individual familiar with the use of the term "yellow cab" in reference to Japanese or Asian women.

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yellow cabs

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