hokage

Japanese

Romanization

hokage

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ほかげ

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 火影(ほかげ) (hokage, literally “fire shadow”) from Naruto, a manga and anime series about ninjas which are people trained in tasks requiring stealth, wherein a hokage is the leader and the strongest ninja of the village where the main character resides.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ho‧ka‧ge
  • IPA(key): /ˈhokaɡe/, [ˈho.xɐ.ɣɛ]
  • IPA(key): /hoˈkaɡe/, [hoˈxa.ɣɛ]

Noun

hókagé or hokage (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃᜄᜒ)

  1. (slang) someone, usually a male, who is skillful or excellent at making smooth and sneaky actions (such as making a move on someone suavely but more often than not refers to unexpected non-consensual physical contact on another person)

Derived terms
  • galawang hokage

See also
  • damoves
  • diskarte
  • galawang breezy
  • ninja moves
  • para-paraan
  • pasimple
  • patago
  • suwabe
  • tsansing
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