お釜かま

noun

pot; cooking pot

Polite form of 釜 (kama), a metal pot or cauldron used for cooking rice or boiling water.

See also: 釜

• お釜かまでご飯はんを炊たく。

  Cook rice in a pot.

noun

volcanic crater

Refers to the crater of a volcano, often used in place names or descriptive contexts.

• 火か口こうのお釜かまから煙けむりが上あがっている。

  Smoke is rising from the volcanic crater.

noun

buttocks; bottom

Colloquial and somewhat childish or euphemistic term for buttocks, often used in a lighthearted or humorous way.

• 赤あかちゃんのお釜かまをふいてあげる。

  I'll wipe the baby's bottom.

noun

effeminate gay man; male transvestite; transgender woman; gay male prostitute

Usually written in katakana as オカマ. Often derogatory and sensitive; can refer to a range of identities from effeminate gay men to preoperative transgender women. Use with caution.

• 彼かれはオカマバーで働はたらいている。

  He works at a gay/trans bar.