How to say "cock" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- nounCovers the hardware sense: a cock, tap, or spigot that controls the flow of water or gas. It never refers to the bird or to slang for the penis.
- 肉棒にくぼうnounVulgar slang for the penis, matching 'cock' and 'dick' in their crude sexual sense; literally 'meat pole', it belongs to explicit talk, not neutral description.
- 稲むらいなむらnounCovers the rural sense of 'cock': a stack or rick, specifically of rice straw. Outside farming contexts it is seldom the word you want for 'cock'.
- 肉竿にくざおnounAnother vulgar slang term for the penis, matching 'cock' in its crude sexual sense; literally 'meat rod', it works much like 肉棒 and is equally out of place in neutral contexts.
- ピンと立てるピンとたてるexpression, ichidan verbThe verb sense: to prick up or perk up, as in cocking the ears. Use it for the physical 'to cock (up)' of raising something erect, not for any noun sense of 'cock'.
Pick by sense: 「コック」 is a tap or valve, 肉棒 and 肉竿 are vulgar slang for the penis, 「稲むら」 is a stack of rice straw, and 「ピンと立てる」 is the verb 'to cock (up)'.
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