uke
noun/ˈuːke/
Etymology From Japanese 受け (uke), the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 受(う)ける (ukeru, “to receive, to get”).
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Government, Hobbies, Judo, Lifestyle, Martial arts, Military, Politics, Sports, War The training partner against whom tori performs a move.
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Fiction, Lifestyle, Literature, Media, Publishing Japanese, Slang A passive or submissive male fictional character in a same-sex relationship; a bottom.
- Yaoi uke in fanfics often bear the brunt of stereotypical "negative female characteristics" such as passivity, helplessness, and masochism.2008, Tan Bee Kee, “Rewriting Gender and Sexuality in English-language Yaoi Fanfiction”, in Antonia Levi, Mark McHarry, Dru Pagliassotti, editors, Boys' Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 142:
- You'd rather have Sebas be an uke?2010, Pentabu, My Girlfriend’s a Geek, volume 1, Yen Press, published 2012, →ISBN:
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- Shizuku is so, so, so cute! I love him as an uke so much I can't stand it!2010, Kyoka Wakatsuki, “Afterword”, in The Selfish Demon King, Digital Manga Publishing, →ISBN, page 137: