けつ

See also: げつ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
穴 (rare)
尻 (rare)

From Middle Chinese 穴 (MC hwet).

Noun

けつ • (ketsu) 

  1. (informal) ass; arse; buttocks
    ケツの穴(あな) ― ketsu no ana ― anus; butthole
  2. (informal) last or hindermost part
    けつから五(ご)番(ばん)目(め) ― ketsu kara gobanme ― fifth last
  3. (informal) upcoming item on the schedule
    この後(あと)ケツがある
    kono ato ketsu ga aru
    have something scheduled after this
  4. (informal) gay sex, sex between two men
Usage notes
  • Almost never written as kanji 穴, perhaps to avoid ambiguity with 穴(あな) (ana).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of けつ – see the following entries.
【決】3
[noun] decision, vote
(This term, けつ (ketsu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as けつ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as けつ.

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