List: euphemistic
Words or phrases that are used to substitute for harsh or unpleasant terms, often to make them more socially acceptable or less offensive.
jocular, humorous term euphemistic expression noun noun (generic)
- fly (on trousers), flies, zipper
rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) euphemistic
- secret place, hidden place
- female genitalia
- the underworld, the other world
colloquial euphemistic noun noun (generic)
- shotgun wedding
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone pronoun colloquial euphemistic noun noun (generic)
- there, over there, that place, yonder, you-know-where
- genitals, private parts, nether regions
- that far, that much, that point
noun noun (generic) physics euphemistic colloquial
- G, g
- gram
- (acceleration due to) gravity
- giga-
- gravitational constant
- gauss
- general audience (film certificate)
- cockroach
- destination (on a GPS)
- group
expression noun noun (generic) euphemistic
- very narrow passage
- perineum, taint
honorific language euphemistic expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to die, to decease, to perish, to pass away
gairaigo waseigo English origin euphemistic noun noun (generic)
- female genital area
euphemistic noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb physiology
- suicide
- apoptosis