バックシャン

Japanese

Compound of バック (bakku, “back”) +‎ シャン (shan, “beautiful woman”).^[1]^[2]

バックシャン • (bakkushan)

(dated slang) a woman who is attractive from behind, usually in reference to her buttocks.
(dated slang, in particular) butterface: A woman who is attractive from behind but ugly from the front.
Synonym: 一石六斗 (ikkoku rokuto)
(clothing) style that exposes the back
- 2017, 毛糸だま, number 174, 日本ヴォーグ社, →ISBN, page 13:
  
  深(ふか)いＶ(ブイ)ネックを後(うしろ)身(み)頃(ごろ)に配(はい)してバックシャンに。
  Fukai bui nekku o ushiromigoro ni haishite bakkushan ni.
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- 2023 May, ELLE, ハースト婦人画報社, page 123:
  
  クロスしたヨークがフリルを思(おも)わせる優(ゆう)雅(が)なバックシャン。無(む)理(り)のない背(せ)中(なか)見(み)せも実(じつ)現(げん)。
  Kurosu shita yōku ga furiru o omowaseru yūga na bakkushan. Muri no nai senaka mise mo jitsugen.
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^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN