蓮根

Japanese
Sliced lotus root
Kanji in this term
蓮 根
れん
Jinmeiyō		 こん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology 1

Noun

蓮根 (hiragana れんこん, rōmaji renkon)

  1. A lotus root.
  2. (gay slang) Acting straight.[1]

Etymology 2

Noun

蓮根 (hiragana はすね, rōmaji hasune)

  1. Lotus root.

References
  1. Long, Daniel. (1996) Formation processes of some Japanese gay argot terms. American Speech, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 215–224.
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