also: レディボーイ · レディー・ボーイ · レディ・ボーイ
ladyboy; transgender woman
Loanword from English, used in Japanese to refer to a transgender woman or a person assigned male at birth who presents femininely, often in the context of Thai culture.
Many tourists go to see ladyboy shows in Thailand.
She chose to live as a ladyboy.
Variant without the long vowel mark.
Spelling with an interpunct.
Variant without the long vowel mark, with an interpunct.
Borrowed from English 'ladyboy', likely via Thai tourism contexts.