若衆
  わかしゅ
  わかしゅう
  noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony)
  young male prostitute
  young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute)
  see: 念者・ねんしゃ・2
  younger partner in a homosexual relationship
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