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Ｈ本 (エッチぼん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

Ｈ本えっちぼん

Meanings

1

noun

pornographic book; adult book

colloquial

Colloquial term for a book with explicit sexual content; エッチ is a euphemism for sexual matters.

彼かれはこっそりＨ本ぼんを買かった。
He secretly bought a pornographic book.

Kanji

本book, present, main

Similar words

エロ本ほん
エロ本 is a more direct and slightly less euphemistic term for pornographic books.

Etymology

Compound of エッチ (H, a euphemism for sexual content) and 本 (book). The origin of エッチ as a euphemism is uncertain, but it is widely used in modern colloquial Japanese.