まんこ

Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA: [mã̠ŋko̞]

Etymology 1

Unknown. First attested in the Edo period in the Kantō region, and until relatively recently use was confined to this area. Most likely theories of origin suggest:

• a contraction of 女の子 (menoko, “female child”)
• an alteration of 真処 (mako, “center (of the body)”)
• a shortening of 万幸 (mankō, “10,000 happinesses”)
• an alteration of the Old Japanese 美斗 (mito, “genitalia in general, either male or female”)
• a derivation from the Sinitic 門口 (“gate, doorway”), from a reading of menkō rather than the expected on'yomi of monkō

Alternative forms

• 真婿: Internet slang and ateji

Noun

まんこ (romaji manko)

1. (vulgar, taboo slang) cunt (vagina)

Usage notes

• Only used as slang. Never in medical situations. Does not have any other uses as in the English cunt.
• Considered harsher than おまんこ (​omanko).

Synonyms

• べべ (bebe)
• ぼぼ (bobo)
• へへ (hehe)
• ほと (hoto)
• おまんこ (omanko)
• おめこ (omeko)
• おそそ (ososo)
• みと (mito)
• そそ (soso)
• つび (tsubi)

Derived terms

• おまんこ (​omanko)
• やりまん (​yariman)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

まんこ (romaji Manko)

1. 漫湖: Lake Man, a mangrove wetlands located in Naha and Tomigusuku cities on Okinawa.