草食系

Japanese
Kanji in this term
草 食 系
そう
Grade: 1		 しょく
Grade: 2		 けい
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

草食 (そうしょく, “herbivore”) +‎ 系 (-けい, “type”). Attested since the 2000s.

Noun

草食系 (hiragana そうしょくけい, rōmaji sōshokukei)

  1. A person not interested in marriage or dating; a person who is considered insufficiently assertive
  2. A man deemed insufficiently masculine or manly
    草食系 (そうしょくけい)男 (だん)子 (し)
    sōshokukei danshi
    herbivore man

Antonyms
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