shunga

See also: Shunga

English

Etymology

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

Noun

shunga (uncountable)

1. A style of Japanese erotic art
   • 2007 October 12, Roberta Smith, “Art in Review”, in New York Times‎:

     The works confound stereotypes of Japanese etiquette, even as they update the tradition of the anatomically explicit shunga print.

See also

• shunga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gushan

Japanese

Romanization

shunga

1. Rōmaji transcription of しゅんが

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• siyonga, siyunga, syunga

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈŋa/ [ʃʊˈŋa]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /sjuˈŋa/ [sjʊˈŋa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: shu‧nga

Adjective

shungá (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜅ)

1. (gay slang, colloquial) foolish; idiotic

   Synonyms: tanga, engot

Derived terms

• kashungahan