Re: What is Japanese word for 'sexy man'?

It seems to me I heard somewhere that John R. Yamamoto-Wilson wrote in
article <5c7u66F30djdjU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

Cindy wrote:

"Sexy man" can be [snip] sukebe

I wouldn't translate that as sexy; lewd, yes, lecherous, yes, smutty,
scurrilous, dirty old man, yes, yes, yes. But not sexy.

Yes, indeed. As early as 1900 it had become "skibby" in the Western US,
and was used as a pejorative against Japanese immigrants, parallel to
many other widely-circulated rumors of high rates of immorality among
them.
--
Don Kirkman
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