若専

Japanese

Kanji in this term
若	専
わか Grade: 6	せん Grade: 6
yutōyomi

Alternative spelling
若專 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

若(い) waka(i) "young" + 専 sen "specialty"

Noun

若(わか)専(せん) • (wakasen) 

1. (gay slang) A chicken hawk; an older man who seeks out younger men as sexual partners.

References

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