Jisho

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Noun
1. (male-to-female) crossdresser; transvestite; drag queenWasei, word made in Japan, From English “new half”. Wasei (word made in Japan)
Noun
2. trans woman
Wikipedia definition
3. ShemaleShemale (also she-male) is a term used primarily (but not exclusively) in sex work to describe trans women with male genitalia and augmented female breasts from breast augmentation and/or use of hormones. According to Professors Laura Castañeda and Shannon Campbell at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Journalism, "Using the term she-male for a transsexual woman would be considered highly offensive, for it implies that she is working 'in the (sex) trade.
Read “Shemale” on English Wikipedia
Read “ニューハーフ” on Japanese Wikipedia
Read “Shemale” on DBpedia
Other forms
ニュー・ハーフ

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