# I give. What is "Bukaki"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 7, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481 "2005-07-07T17:29:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jebert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481/1 "2005-07-07T17:29:18Z")
As a guilty pleasure I listen to Howard Stern sometimes on the way in to work. They use some unfamiliar terminology on occasion, most of which I can figure out from context. However, I’ve never been able to figure out what “bukaki” is. I googled it once and came up with what appeared to be non-work-safe links, so I immediately shut down. So who can define this mysterious term for me? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481/2 "2005-07-07T17:31:08Z")
[Safe link.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukkake) ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481/3 "2005-07-07T17:54:19Z")
The Japanese word _bukkake_ (or _bukkakeru_) simply means to splash or pour liquid on something. _Bukkake-gohan_ is miso soup poured onto a bowl of _gohan_ (plain rice). Unfortunately only the pornographic meaning of the word has entered the English lexicon. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481/4 "2005-07-07T18:23:08Z")
I guess I’ll have to remember not to laugh if I’m ever offered bukkake by a Japanese host. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481/5 "2005-07-07T18:53:50Z")
> [@Speaker for the Dead](#): > > I guess I’ll have to remember not to laugh if I’m ever offered bukkake by a Japanese host. I’ll have to remember not to _run!_ ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Gene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Soylent\_Gene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Gene)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481/6 "2005-07-07T20:00:32Z")
jebert- I suppose you’ve heard Howard play the sound clip of Tom Brokaw pronoucing a Pakistani city 'Bukkake"? Hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481/7 "2005-07-07T20:43:21Z")
What was the word for Japanese Poo Eating? I had thought that was also called Bukaki. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481/8 "2005-07-07T21:05:35Z")
I dunno… “shitake”? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481/9 "2005-07-07T23:36:14Z")
> [@The Controvert](#): > > I dunno… “shitake”? 😃 😃😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481/10 "2005-07-07T23:39:21Z")
Pointless story: I got caught in one of the threads around because I had to go look up Aishwarya Rai (E. Indian actress) but knew what bukkake was without looking it up. I’m still embarrassed over that one. I’m E. Indian, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481/11 "2005-07-08T00:42:11Z")
> [@The Controvert](#): > > I dunno… “shitake”? 😃 SwearToPrimus, I once knew a Japanese girl with the last name “Takeshita” (pronounced _tak-a-shit-a_)… ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481/12 "2005-07-08T01:42:28Z")
A Japanese Prime Minister had the same name > **[Noboru Takeshita](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noboru_Takeshita)** > > Noboru Takeshita (竹下 登, Takeshita Noboru, 26 February 1924 – 19 June 2000) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1987 to 1989 during the bubble economy. > Takeshita led the largest faction at the time in the Liberal Democratic Party, which he inherited from Kakuei Tanaka, from the 1980s until his death in 2000. He was dubbed the "last shadow shogun" for his behind-the-scenes influence in Japanese politics. He was the last prime minister to serve during the long rul... ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481/13 "2005-07-08T01:50:26Z")
At least when it comes to _bukkake_: the goggles, they do _something_ (for a change). ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481/14 "2005-07-08T02:18:41Z")
I don’t know, but I do know that they like it in Nagasaki. [😃](http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/bukkake.php) ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481/15 "2005-07-08T02:59:58Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > At least when it comes to _bukkake_: the goggles, they do _something_ (for a change). They don’t do much if you’re on the recieving end of it. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481/16 "2005-07-08T03:32:21Z")
Any woman undergoing that particular jollity _had better_ wear goggles. The stuff is extremely irritating if you get it in your eyes. Have fun, kids, but be sure to keep it out of your eyes! ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481/17 "2005-07-08T03:54:24Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > SwearToPrimus, I once knew a Japanese girl with the last name “Takeshita” (pronounced _tak-a-shit-a_)… That last name would be pronounced Tah-kah-shee-tah. Haj ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481/18 "2005-07-08T15:10:59Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > SwearToPrimus, I once knew a Japanese girl with the last name “Takeshita” (pronounced _tak-a-shit-a_)… When we were in college, my brother worked in the bursars office and once had the pleasure of issuing a student loan to “Phat Phuk Ho.” ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481/19 "2005-07-08T15:20:03Z")
The shitake joke was great. But there is a Japanese perversion where a woman eats only sented herbs for a few days, and then her poo is eaten by people whom I guess pay lots of money for the experience. I had thought that was what was known as bukaki which seems to be wrong according to the wiki article. Does anyone know what the poo eating is called, or at least able to confirm that it is a real activity and not some sort of urban perv legend? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481/20 "2005-07-08T16:06:32Z")
If there is something that people have a sexual fetish about, the Japanese have probably made movies about it. I swear that if you have an elbow fetish there is a Japanese company with a line of elbow porn. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-give-what-is-bukaki/311481.md?page=2)