Etymology

enjo kosai

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

First used 20th c.Japanese 援助交際
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from援助交際
  2. Japanese · borrowed from援助交際
  3. English todayenjo kosai

Borrowed from Japanese 援助交際 (enjo kōsai).

First known use, by meaning

  • from 20th c. 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.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.