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See also: Shunga

English

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A shunga print

Etymology

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From Japanese 春画, from Middle Chinese (t͡ʃʰwin "spring", by extension "sexual", "erotic") + (hwɛ̀ "painting").

Noun

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shunga (uncountable)

  1. A style of Japanese erotic art
    • 2007 October 12, Roberta Smith, “Art in Review”, in New York Times[1]:
      The works confound stereotypes of Japanese etiquette, even as they update the tradition of the anatomically explicit shunga print.

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Japanese

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Romanization

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shunga

  1. Rōmaji transcription of しゅんが

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From tanga, with the first syllable replaced with shu-. Compare shuta (from puta) and shupatid (from kapatid).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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shungá (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜅ)

  1. (gay slang, colloquial) foolish; idiotic
    Synonyms: tanga, engot

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