haafu

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Japanese ハーフ (hāfu, “mixed-race (unspecified)”), from English half.

Noun

haafu (plural haafus)

  1. (informal) A mixed-race/mixed-ethnicity person of Japanese descent (ie. half-Japanese)
  2. (colloquialism, in Japan) A mixed-race person in Japan of East-Asian descent
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