草食系
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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草 | 食 | 系 |
そう Grade: 1 |
しょく Grade: 2 |
けい Grade: 6 |
on'yomi |
Etymology
草食 (そうしょく, “herbivore”) + 系 (-けい, “type”). Attested since the 2000s.
Noun
草食系 • (sōshokukei)
- A person not interested in marriage or dating; a person who is considered insufficiently assertive
- A man deemed insufficiently masculine or manly
- 草食系男子
- sōshokukei danshi
- herbivore man
- 草食系男子
Antonyms
- 肉食系 (nikushokukei)
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 草 read as そう
- Japanese terms spelled with 食 read as しょく
- Japanese terms spelled with 系 read as けい
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese terms suffixed with 系
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji
- Japanese terms with usage examples