Japanese

Sliced lotus root

Noun

蓮根 ‎(hiragana れんこん, romaji renkon)

1. A lotus root.
2. (gay slang) Acting straight.^[1]

Etymology 2

Noun

蓮根 ‎(hiragana はすね, romaji hasune)

1. Lotus root.

References

1. ↑ Long, Daniel. (1996) Formation processes of some Japanese gay argot terms. American Speech, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 215–224.