English
enjo kosai
Enjo kosai comes from Japanese 援助交際.
- Japanesemodern援助交際
- Englishearliest quotation 1999enjo kosai
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Japanesemodern援助交際
- Englishearliest quotation 1999enjo kosai
Earliest quotation: 1999, Michael Fitzpatrick: “The high price of these goods means that many…”
Every English word from Japanese 援助交際
Today it means
noun The practice whereby young girls in Japan and Hong Kong provide companionship or sex to older men in exchange for money or luxuries; compensated dating.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 援助交際 / enjo kosai