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Tachi
| Synonyms: | Seme |
| See also: | Sex Position, Top, Seme, Gong |
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Tachi (タチ) 「たち」 is a term used by Japanese-speaking media fandom for the seme, primarily in yuri. In Japanese, the word is LGBT slang for top and its usage came before seme. Therefore, the idea of a Tachiuke (タチウケ) was completely possible, since tachi meant, "inserts during anal sex," and uke meant, "people who want to lead in sex but are passive."[1] The opposite of a tachi is a neko.
History
The word likely came from Kabuki. In Kabuki, the male lead actor is called tachi-yaku (立ち役), which also means standing role. Tachi (太刀) also is a type of Japanese long sword, and tatsu (起つ ) means to "stand up" or "get erect." Comparisons with erect penises were inevitable.[2]
Later, the word was used by Doujinka to indicate the role of a character placed on the left in a coupling notation.