I was looking for a female fuse and talking to someone on the phone and I think he had an aneurysm when I tried to explain that it’s not a normal “male” fuse, it’s “female”.
The store clerk is probably dead now,
ご愁傷様.
And my car has a key jammed into the fuse hole to get me home.
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It’s also male and female, using the words also used for animals’ gender:
雄(おす)プラグ
雌(メス)コンセント
Edit: Brain fart because your question put “male and female” in my head.
There is another way:
凸(でこ)プラグ
凹(ぼこ)コンセント
A quick scan on Amazon shows the 雄雌 terminology being used more than 凸凹.
You’ll need a native speaker to explain whatever nuance may accrue to the two.
Consulted with Google-sensei and apparently what you’re looking for is called a [PAL fuse](https://search.rakuten.co.jp/search/mall/%E3%83%92%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA+pal/).
I’ve never seen a fuse like that before, and I was also on the verge of having an aneurysm trying to imagine a female fuse.
They’re far less common than blade fuses and mostly used in Japanese cars.
Hey, this is completely random but I just DM’d you to ask a question.