Definition of oyama in English:
oyama
noun
In Japanese kabuki theatre: = onnagata .
Pronunciation
oyama
/ɔɪˈ(j)ɑːmə/ /əʊˈjɑːmə/Origin
1920s. From Japanese oyama (also as woyama), probably originally short for Oyama ningyō puppet made by, or in the style of, the brothers Jirō and Saburō Oyama, but later also in senses ‘female impersonator’, ‘beautiful woman, prostitute’.
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