enjo kosain.
/ˌɛndʒəʊ ˈkəʊsʌɪ/, U.S. /ˌɛndʒoʊ ˈkoʊsaɪ/ In Japan and Hong Kong: a form of paid escort work in which a young woman provides companionship or sexual favours to an older man in exchange for money or luxury items. Also called compensated dating.
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1996 Observer 7 Jan. 25 Nearly 10 per cent [sc. of young Japanese girls] are happy to have a boyfriend in his late thirties or older. These Lolitas, attracted by the economic benefits, have coined the term enjo kosai (assistance relationship) to justify this.
1999 Economist 8 May 84/2 The movement for reform has only gathered pace after the sudden growth of enjo kosai (compensated dating), a polite expression for schoolgirl prostitution.
2015 Japan Times (Nexis) 12 Nov. Enjo kosai, which often involves prostitution, was once considered rampant among certain schoolgirls.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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