Etymology

wakashu

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Today it means: A Japanese boy after early childhood but before his coming-of-age ceremony. Full definition →

Japanese 若衆
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from若衆
  2. Japanese · borrowed from若衆
  3. English todaywakashu

Borrowed from Japanese 若衆 (“young person”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.