Is "Asari" Japanese Slang for Vagina?

It's from the game, Mass Effect. There's a rumor going around that a certain race in the game called the Asari is also Japanese slang for gyne.
 
That rumor strikes me as pretty likely. At the very least, the Japanese word was not picked by coincidence.
 
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