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：2026/01/05
おかま
Kanji
お釜
Noun
dated
archaic
slang
Japanese Meaning
料理などに使う金属や土製の深い器。鍋の一種。 / 火山活動などで地盤が陥没してできた大きなくぼ地。カルデラ。 / （古語）妻を指す言い方。 / （古語）奉公している女性。女中や侍女。
Easy Japanese Meaning
ふるいことばで、かまどやなべのこと。また、ひとのつまをよぶことば。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
锅 / 破火山口 / （旧）指妻子；（古）女仆、侍女
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
釜、鍋 / 破火山口 / 舊語：妻子或女僕
Korean Meaning
솥 / 화산 칼데라 / (옛) 아내
Vietnamese Meaning
cái nồi; nồi đun / miệng núi lửa (caldera) / (cổ) nữ gia nhân, hầu gái
Tagalog Meaning
kaldero / kaldera ng bulkan / asawa (babae; makaluma)
Sense（1）
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see お, 釜.
Sense（2）
a pot
Sense（3）
a volcanic caldera
Sense（4）
(dated) one's wife
Sense（5）
(archaic) a serving woman, a female servant
Sense（6）
(slang) someone's posterior or butt, particularly a man's butt
Sense（7）
オカマ: (slang, LGBT or sometimes offensive) faggot (male homosexual)
Sense（8）
オカマ: (slang, sometimes offensive) a man who behaves or speaks like a woman; a womanly man
（ romanization ）
Quizzes for review
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see お, 釜. / a pot / a volcanic caldera / (dated) one's wife / (archaic) a serving woman, a female servant
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おかま
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He works at a gay bar.
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彼はおかまバーで働いています。
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