Where does “fujo” come from?
fujo (English) comes from English fujoshi, from Japanese 腐女子, from Japanese 女子, from Japanese 子, from Japanese 鼠, from Japanese nezumi.
fujo (English): A female fan of yaoi or more broadly of slash fiction
Definitions
- A female fan of yaoi or more broadly of slash fiction
Ancestry of “fujo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | fujoshi | A female fan of yaoi |
| 2 | Japanese | 腐女子 | A girl/woman who likes homosexual male... |
| 3 | Japanese | 女子 | girl; woman; wife and child; wife |
| 4 | Japanese | 子 | a child; a girl, especially a dear or desired... |
| 5 | Japanese | 鼠 | a mouse or a rat; general term for members of... |
| 6 | Japanese | nezumi | — |
Words derived from “fujo”