hokage

Japanese

Romanization

hokage

1. Rōmaji transcription of ほかげ

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 火影(ほかげ) (hokage, literally “fire shadow”) from Naruto, a manga and anime series about ninjas which are people trained in tasks requiring stealth, wherein a hokage is the leader and the strongest ninja of the village where the main character resides.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhokaɡe/, [ˈho.xɐ.ɣɛ]

• IPA^(key): /hoˈkaɡe/, [hoˈxa.ɣɛ]
• Hyphenation: ho‧ka‧ge

Noun

hókagé or hokage (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃᜄᜒ)

1. (slang) someone, usually a male, who is skillful or excellent at making smooth and sneaky actions (such as making a move on someone suavely but more often than not refers to unexpected non-consensual physical contact on another person)

Derived terms

• galawang hokage

 

See also

• damoves
• diskarte
• galawang breezy
• ninja moves
• para-paraan
• pasimple
• patago
• suwabe
• tsansing