wakashu
Meanings
noun
- A Japanese boy after early childhood but before his coming-of-age ceremony.
- A role in kabuki traditionally played by a boy of this age category.
- A soldier of the oyabun in the yakuza hierarchy.
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 若衆 (“young person”).
Related words
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