Japanese word for gay

オネエ ・ onē ・ "femme, sis, queen" Onē (pronounced "oh-neh") is hands down one of my favorite queer Japanese slang words. It comes from the word for "older sister," お姉さん (onēsan), and is used to describe gay men and trans women who speak and act in a feminine way.

How to say gay in Japanese What's the Japanese word for gay? Here's how you say it. Japanese Translation 同性愛者 Dōseiai-sha More Japanese words for gay.