Anonymous asked:

Is meiki a real japanese term or did BL make it up for tsuma netori

Not only is it a real term, but it's a very old one, dating back to (I believe) the 19th century. The word more generally refers to a famously top-quality specimen of something, with most dictionaries citing a Stradivarius as an example. The same logic is applied when using it euphemistically, but with the added nuance of there being several specific subtypes of vagina under its umbrella.

The thing that pissed me off with regards to Tsuma Netori is that I couldn't find or think of a single approximation which worked with every sentence in which they use that term. It's clearly being used as a technical term, a category, and they use it just as much to refer to the anus, or the women themselves. Words like masterpiece or treasure were too generic, phrases like "superb vagina" too specific to one orifice, and anything else I came up with was just too stupid.