おっぱい

Japanese

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from おおう (ōu, “to cover”) +‎ まい (mai, “not”), or from おなか (onaka, “abdomen”) +‎ いっぱい (ippai, “a lot”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おっぱい [óꜜppàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [o̞p̚pa̠i]

Noun

おっぱい (katakana オッパイ, rōmaji oppai)

(childish) milk (liquid)
(anatomy, childish) boobies, titties (breasts)
- 2000 August 10, Andō, Yūma; Asaki, Masashi, “喧けん嘩か屋や　国くに光みつ [Kunimitsu, Brawl Delivery]”, in サイコメトラーEIJIエイジ [Psychometrer EIJI], volume 24 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
  
  キャサリーン！オッパイ　大 (おお)きくなれよぉー！
  Kyasarīn! Oppai ōkiku nare yōo!
  Katharine! Your boobs! Grow them bigger, okay⁉

Synonyms

(milk): 乳 (ち) (chi), 乳 (ちち) (chichi)
(milk): 乳 (ち) (chi), 乳 (ちち) (chichi), 乳 (ち)袋 (ぶくろ) (chibukuro), 乳 (ち)房 (ぶさ) (chibusa), 胸 (むね) (mune), パイオツ (paiotsu)

Hyponyms

(boobies): デカチチ (dekachichi)

Usage notes

This is an example of a word that can be spelled with katakana to convey an informal conversational tone, as オッパイ.

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