sakuga

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sakuga-quality animation

The animation is superb, with high level fluid sakuga being prominent throughout.

2013, Luke Halliday, Cowboy Bebop Remastered Sessions Collection 1 Review, Capsule Computers:

Series that usually have to make do with unimpressive visuals have some of the most incredible highlights in the whole industry, and that stark contrast has been the wakeup call for many sakuga fans out there.

2015, Kevin Cirugeda, “The Joy of Sakuga”, in Anime News Network:

In Japanese animation (anime), a sequence of noticeably higher quality, used to highlight a particularly important scene.


Poké-

Pertaining to Pokémon or the Pokémon media franchise.


kết giới

[ket̚˧˦ zəːj˧˦]

[ket̚˦˧˥ jəːj˨˩˦]

[kəːt̚˦˥ jəːj˦˥]

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 結界, from Japanese 結界, introduced in Japanese manga

(fiction, fantasy, manga, anime, video games) energy barrier/shield, forcefield


kết giới sư

[ket̚˧˦ zəːj˧˦ sɨ˧˧]

[ket̚˦˧˥ jəːj˨˩˦ ʂɨ˧˧]

[ket̚˦˧˥ jəːj˨˩˦ sɨ˧˧]

[kəːt̚˦˥ jəːj˦˥ ʂɨ˧˧]

[kəːt̚˦˥ jəːj˦˥ sɨ˧˧]

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 結界師, from Japanese 結界師, introduced in the Japanese manga Kekkaishi

(fiction, fantasy, manga, anime) barrier master, kekkaishi


moeblob

What really bugs me is that they changed Yotsuba's speech pattern. I don't want my favorite manga character to sound like a moeblob.

2009 September 14, José Manuel García-Patos, “Re: Yotsuba”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

I think it should have been qualified as "people who like K-on _because it has schoolgirls_". I liked K-on for the funny and slice-of-life parts. It was no Azumanga Daioh, but it had moeblobs AND writing.

2010 January 16, Megane, “Re: 2ch and the 2 types of otaku”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

A young girl is growing up in the town of Muhlenberg, somewhere in Germany (looks like it is based on Rothenburg from the end titles), but she is growing up without her parents. Her father never really gets a mention but it seems that her mother, a talented pianist, was killed a few years before the opening of this story and, as a result, Saga is now living with her grandmother. She is, however, NOT a moeblob.

2010 March 27, Chika, “Review - A Little Snow Fairy Sugar”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

(Japanese fiction, fandom slang) A moe character with a generic design and no defining personality traits.


dandere

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Borrowed from Japanese ダンデレ (dandere), a portmanteau of 黙り (danmari, “keeping completely silent”), emphatic noun form of verb 黙る (damaru, “to be silent”), and デレデレ (dere-dere, “in a lovey-dovey, infatuated, or lovestruck manner”, adverb).

A tsundere-type character will engender a hostile on the outside but sweet on the inside reaction towards the player, while a dandere will show little to know emotion except for subtle displays of affection.

2017, Luca Paolo Bruno, "Grand Narratives Blossom still: Character database and political narratives in the Muv Luv franchise", thesis submitted to Ca' Foscari University of Venice, page 13

The kuudere and dandere characters have more reserved personalities, hence those qualities are also reflected in their designs.

2019, Samneang Peo, "Visual Development Of A Visual Novel: Visual Storytelling in an Interactive Game", thesis submitted to South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, page 12

Then there is Yuri, the blue oni to Natsuki’s red oni, who is shy, cute, and literary but hides a maddening love for the player; she is the archetypical dandere character thought to emerge from the blue-haired Rei Ayanami of the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion […]

2022 March, Christopher B. Patterson, “Making Queer Asiatic Worlds: Performance and Racial Interaction in North American Visual Novels”, in American Literature, volume 94, number 1:

(chiefly Japanese fiction) A character archetype who stays silent, not expressing their feelings.


高達

/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tä³⁵/

/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tä³⁵/

(Mainland China, Hong Kong) Gundam (Japanese animation franchise)


Dragonballer

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Hello, Dragonballers,
This issue of JUMP has a pretty good picture of Goku on cover, with Goku in profile in gold. Here goes the summary : […]

1993 April 18, e77-cg, “Dragonball Z Summary (comic)”, in rec.arts.anime (Usenet):

The Moonies and the Dragonballers aren't minorities; they're as large or larger than any other group of animeniacs you're going to find.

1995 December 12, Sea Wasp [username], “Re: Too Many SM/DB posts! ARRGGHH!!!”, in rec.arts.anime (Usenet):

Expect to see Trekkies, Whovians and Potterheads co-mingling with Cumberbitches, Batmaniacs and Dragonballers.

2014, Lily Lieberman, "Techies and Trekkies Unite at Geek's Night Out", College Times, Volume 13, Issue 12, 13 February 2014 - 26 February 2014, page 19

(fandom slang) A fan of the manga and anime franchise Dragon Ball.


Digifan

This would be a very good thing for Digifans as Bandai Entertainment is generally considered one of the best anime producers out there.

2002 February 13, Matt Williamz, “Re: [OT] What's this about Digimon?”, in alt.fan.power-rangers (Usenet):

A big part of why most Digifans sicken me. They happily bitch about things "the dub ruined," without actually taking the time to do any of the research themselves.

2002 March 4, Eri-Bear [username], “Re: Regarding : (Spoilers) 3/2 Saturday Morning”, in alt.fan.power-rangers (Usenet):

Well, as has been repeated several times before, welcome, welcome, fellow Digifan.

2002 September 2, JMShearer, “Re: New here...”, in alt.fan.digimon (Usenet):

(fandom slang) A fan of the Japanese media franchise Digimon, particularly the anime series.


Gundamaniac

If Bandai does a decent animation of Gaia Gear or another Gundam sidestory, we definitely want you here. We Gundamaniacs can sometimes use all the help we can get. ^_^

1994 September 27, Keith Rhee, “Re: [MECHA!] Probe is Leaving for now.”, in rec.arts.anime (Usenet):

Some friends watched V Gundam. I didn't. Not enough of a Gundamaniac, me. 8b

1997 October 8, Donny Chan, “Re: The Merits of Gundam W”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

This isn't going to be an "americanized" Gundam, is it? The Gundamaniacs are going to go into full revolt if that happens.

1999 January 11, Kyle T. Pope, “Re: Anime deserves Hollywood remake”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

(fandom slang) A fan of the Japanese media franchise Gundam.


Pokémania

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Teachers, who had vivid memories of the temporary insanity of POGS a few years earlier, said they'd never seen a craze to rival Pokémania.

2001, Kathleen McDonnell, Honey, We Lost the Kids: Re-thinking Childhood in the Multimedia Age, Second Story Press, →ISBN, page 97:

It is one that reflects what I found to be the general attitude of American adults regarding the Pokémania that captivated U.S. youth for at least two years: that, though a popular fad of immense proportions, Pokémon (and through it Japan) influenced American youth in terms of their goals, actions, or attitudes in a way that was judged to be relatively benign.

2008, Anne Allison, “The Attractions of the J-Wave for American Youth”, in Yasushi Watanabe, David L. McConnell, editors, Soft Power Superpowers: Cultural and National Assets of Japan and the United States, M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN, page 105:

Launched on the wave of Pokémania was Viz's four-part manga The Electric Tale of Pikachu.

2009, Jason S. Yadao, The Rough Guide to Manga, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 48:

(informal) Passion for the Pokémon media franchise.


nani

Nani the fuck?


RSE

Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire
w:Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald.


ACG

The idea behind “bullet screens” originated in Japan, where they were first popularized by a Japanese ACG (animation, comics, games) video portal called Nicodou, which later became the inspiration for similar Chinese ACG video sites such as Bilibili.

2014 August 20, Amy Qin, “Theaters in China Screen Movies, and Viewers' Text Messages”, in New York Times Sinosphere Blog:

The four girls are dressed up as different types of manga characters and spend more time exploring the ACG world than the human world.

2019, Hui Faye Xiao, Youth Economy, Crisis, and Reinvention in Twenty-First-Century China, Routledge, →ISBN:

(Greater China) Initialism of anime, comics and games: a Chinese subculture that revolves around anime, manga, and Japanese video games.


shotacon

en-noun

shotacon (usually uncountable, plural shotacons)

shotacons (plural)
shotakon (alternative)
shota (alternative)

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From Japanese ショタコン (shotakon). By surface analysis, shota + -con (“abnormal sexual attraction”).

surf

The term shota-con is a variant of the term loli-con for "Lolita complex" comics, a genre of porn comics for men featuring young girls. Shota is a common Japanese boy's name, thus shota-con indicates porn comics featuring young boys.

2004 Deborah Shamoon, "Porn Studies", page 101

Lolicon or Lolicom is a contraction of "Lolita Complex," an unhealthy interest in underage girls exemplified by the Lolita Anime. Its rarer male variant is Shotacon.
Shotacon is a contraction of “Shotaro Complex,” or an unhealthy obsession with little boys. It is said to derive from the boyish good looks of Shotaro Kaneda, the protagonist of GIGANTOR

2006 Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 page 31

(uncountable, anime) A sexual complex where an adult is attracted to young, typically prepubescent boys, or the fictional depictions thereof.

(countable, anime) An individual with such a fixation.

(uncountable, anime) Erotic or suggestive art, manga, anime, or other media featuring underage boys.


shoujo ai

Two connected etymologies. Either interpreted as a loan translation of Japanese 少女愛 (shōjo ai), or a specialized neologism created in analogy to shounen ai (少年愛; shōnen ai) using Japanese vocabulary.

(neologism, anime, manga) Anime and manga that explore emotional, but largely platonic, homoerotic relationships between women.


shounen ai

shounen ai (plural)
shōnen-ai (alternative)

(slang, anime, manga) A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or sexual relationship between two or more males.


school life

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(anime, manga) A genre which has the majority of the storyline taking place in a school.


meganekko

Borrowed from Japanese 眼鏡っ娘 (meganekko), from 眼鏡 (megane, “glasses”) + 娘 (ko, “girl”).

Oh... Then I've have to find somebody who's be willing to get me a less-than-full-body shot of her, like the ones I have of five other meganekko who wear pince-nez: […]

2004 November 29, Rob Kelk, “Re: Anime genres? (was Re: Anime that every fan should watch?)”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

Anyway, so far, really, my favourite character is Yuki. Bonus points when we find out in the second episode she's a meganekko.

2006 May 2, The Eternal Lost Lurker [username], “Just started Haruhi...”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

Airheaded and delectably gauche, Miyuki stands out as a classic incarnation of the meganekko— namely, as noted, the moe type whose charm derives largely from the wearing of glasses—while also appearing to have a soothing effect on those around her by virtue of her sheer presence.

2012, Dani Cavallaro, Kyoto Animation: A Critical Study and Filmography, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 126:

(anime, manga) A female fictional character whose charm or attractiveness derives largely from wearing glasses.


dojikko

From Japanese ドジっ娘 (dojikko), from ドジ (doji, “clumsy”) + 娘 (ko, “girl”).

She's been known to make everyone's favorite dojikko look downright sultry...

2008 August 9, afedakendragon [username], “Re: Aria question”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

Ichigo, 13, is just an ordinary dojikko while her younger sister Natsume wins at a piano competition.

2009 October 20, Manbow Papa [username], “My ratings to 2009 Autumn TV anime shows”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

The difference is, while the klutz's mishaps are interpreted as funny, the dojikko's mishaps are interpreted as cute.

2014, Kaiya Kokoro, Starting Out: Complete Anime Lifestyle Guide, SunCloud Design (2014), unnumbered page

(Japanese media) A female fictional character who is extremely clumsy, especially in a charming or cute way.


病嬌

/piŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/piŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

病 (bìng) is likely an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 病(や)む (yamu), from which ヤンデレ (yandere) is partly derived.


哥斯拉

/kɤ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/

/kɔː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/

/kɤ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ lä⁵⁵/

/kɔː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ laːi̯⁵⁵/


傲嬌

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

(originally ACG, neologism, especially of a girl) tsundere


傲嬌

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/


starry eyes

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(chiefly anime and manga) Eyes with exaggerated starry highlights, with an expression of wonder or delight.


RBY

Pokémon Red, Blue
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(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow.


RGBY

Pokémon Red, Green, Blue
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(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Red, Green, Blue and Yellow.


GSC

Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal
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(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal.


FRLG

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
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(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.


HGSS

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
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(video games, fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.


ORAS

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
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(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.


Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
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(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.


Pokéman

Pokéman (plural)
Pokémans (plural)
Pokeyman (alternative)
pokeyman (alternative)


shota

en-noun

shota (usually uncountable, plural shotas)

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From Japanese ショタ (shota) or a clipping of shotacon.

(uncountable, anime) Hentai anime or manga, or other Japanese-inspired erotic art featuring young, usually prepubescent boys.

(countable, anime) A fictional young boy character, especially one featured in such material. Typically drawn with exaggerated or stylised cute features.


ラブライバー

Blend of Japanese ラブライブ！ (Rabu Raibu!, “Love Live!”) and English -er; equivalent to Love-Liver.

noncog

(neologism) A fan of the Love Live! franchise.


外伝

『とある科学の超電磁砲』は『とある魔術の禁書目録』の外伝である。

“Toaru Kagaku no Rērugan” wa “Toaru Majutsu no Indekkusu” no gaiden de aru.

A Certain Scientific Railgun is a spin-off of A Certain Magical Index.


ビジュアルノベル

→ English: visual novel

→ Korean: 비주얼 노벨 (bijueol nobel)

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from visual + novel


ライトノベル

→ Chinese:

Mandarin: 輕小說／轻小说 (qīngxiǎoshuō) (calque)

→ English: light novel (calque)

→ Korean: 라이트 노벨 (raiteu nobel)

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from light + novel


fudanshi

Borrowed from Japanese 腐(ふ)男(だん)子(し) (fudanshi, literally “rotten boy/man”).


สาวดุ้น

th-noun

สาวดุ้น • (sǎao-dûn)

From สาว (sǎao, “girl”) + ดุ้น (dûn, “penis”); literally "dick girl".


CDZ

Initialism of Cavaleiros do Zodíaco (literally “Knights of the Zodiac”).

initialism

No início de 2005, a Bandeirantes ainda adquire mais um anime, Yu Yu Hakusho e o restante dos episódios de Cavaleiros do Zodíaco. […] em junho de 2005, o Band Kids volta ao ar, […] exibindo dois episódios de CDZ e tendo a volta de Tenchi Muyo.

2007, Rodrigo Muniz, História Dos Animes Na Tv Aberta: Dos anos 80 até os dias de hoje, Clube de Autores, page 47:

A edição 36, que estampava o filme de Cavaleiros do Zodíaco no cinema, teve uma tiragem inicial de 450.000 exemplares, tamanha a procura por esse conteúdo. […] Foi feito um acordo, que permitiu que continuássemos publicando CDZ por mais algum tempo, […]

2012, Pró-reitoria de Pesquisa e Inovação - PROPI, Feira de Iniciação Científica 2012: Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação - Livro de Destaques, Editora Feevale, →ISBN, page 225:

(informal, fandom slang, anime, manga) Saint Seiya (a Japanese manga and anime series, originally released in 1986)


Pokémon Goer

Pokémon Goers were invited to enter the museum at a discounted rate and search for Pokémon characters.

2016 July 19, Kora Chrzan, “Pokémon Go takes off in the Ozarks”, in Branson Tri-Lakes News:

A Pokémon Goer is on the app for an average of 26 minutes,

2016 August 29, Ricardo Casas, “Catching Customers: Pokémon Go and the Future of Local Advertising”, in Business:

Getting into the theme of love, perhaps the most exciting thing for Pokémon Goers is a huge increase in the duration of lures: the Pokémon-attracting devices will now last a whole six hours, 12 times longer than their standard 30-minute duration.

2017 February 8, Alex Hern, “Pokémon Go launches Valentine's event hoping to lure loving players”, in The Guardian:

Pokémon Goers explore White Sands National Monument

2017 April 7, Tara Melton, “White Sands celebrates historic visitation numbers”, in Alamogordo Daily News:

Brace yourselves, Pokémon Goers - Legendary Pokémon Raikou, Entei, and Suicune are coming your way!

2017 September 4, Vikki Blake, “Here's How To Catch Pokemon Go's Three New Legendary Pokemon”, in MTV UK:


GEQ

Maybe after we released the Rune of Death from Maliketh, the GEQ got her full powers back.

Does this mean that the Godskins and the GEQ once had the Elden Ring?

We know that the GEQ was beat by Maliketh and Destined Death was reclaimed by him.

(Elden Ring fandom slang) Initialism of Gloam-Eyed Queen (a minor character in the game's backstory).


Eevolution

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Eevolution.


眼鏡娘

ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄋㄧㄤˊ

/jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/ŋaːn¹³ kɛːŋ³³⁻³⁵ nœːŋ²¹/

/jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/ŋaːn¹³ kɛːŋ³³⁻³⁵ nœːŋ²¹/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 眼(め)鏡(がね)っ娘(こ) (meganekko).


廢部

/feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/

/fɐi̯³³ pou̯²²/

/feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/

/fɐi̯³³ pou̯²²/

(anime) to abolish or abrogate a department, society, group, etc.


over nine thousand

From episode 28 of the anime TV series Dragon Ball Z ("Goku's Arrival", 1997), referring to Goku's increase in power level.

(humorous, Internet slang, idiomatic) Off the charts; through the roof (beyond expectations).

List of Dragon Ball Z episodes (season 1)


reverse harem

So called because a traditional harem involves one man and multiple women.

A situation in anime and manga in which a woman is the love interest of three or more men.


twintail

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From twin + tail. Sense 2 is a calque of Japanese ツインテール (tsuintēru).

(fandom slang, chiefly anime and manga) Either of a pair of unbraided tails worn on the sides of the head; an unbraided pigtail.

(in the plural) A hairstyle with a pair of twintails; unbraided pigtails.


be a hundred years too early

head

be a hundred years too early (irregular; see conjugation of "be")

Calque of Japanese 百年早い (hyaku-nen hayai).

cal

Don't make me waste my time! You are a hundred years too early to be an opponent worthy of fighting me!

(idiomatic, anime and manga fandom slang) To be so immature and unprepared as to have no hope of achieving an accomplishment.


อะนิเมะ

th-noun

อะนิเมะ • (à-ní-mé)

From Japanese アニメ. Cognate with Lao ອະນິເມະ (ʼa ni me).


立ち絵

zh-l

立繪／立绘 (lìhuì)

Chinese: 立繪／立绘 (lìhuì)

(anime, manga, video games) full-body standing drawing of a character


挿入歌

(anime) insert song; a piece of incidental music


異世界

→ English: isekai (noun), isekai (verb)

From 異 (i-, “different”) + 世界 (sekai, “world”).


Japanime

en-noun

Japanime (countable and uncountable, plural Japanimes)

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Blend of Japan (“the country”) + anime (“an animated work”)

blend

(anime, dated) Synonym of anime; Japanese animated cartoons.


ピカチュウ

Coined as a compound of ピカ (pika, “sparkle”, ultimately from the same root as 光る (hikaru, “to shine; to sparkle”)) + チュー (chū, “squeak”, onomatopoeia). Unrelated to the animal pika (ultimately from Evenki [Term?])

com

ultimately from the same root as <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">光る</i> (hikaru, “to shine; to sparkle”)


たねポケモン

種 (tane, “seed”) + ポケモン (Pokemon, “Pokémon”)


ポケットモンスター

ja-noun

^ポケット ^モンスター

desc

→ Chinese: 口袋妖怪 (Kǒudài Yāoguài) (calque)

→ English: pocket monster

→ Korean: 포켓몬스터 (Pokenmonseuteo)

พ็อกเก็ตมอนสเตอร์

→ Thai: พ็อกเก็ตมอนสเตอร์

→ Thai: พ็อกเก็ตมอนสเตอร์

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from pocket + monster, equivalent to ポケット (poketto) + モンスター (monsutā).

pseudo-loan

2019 July 11, numan, “『ポケットモンスター ソード・シールド』アニメイト限(げん)定(てい)特(とく)典(てん)が決(けっ)定(てい)！限(げん)定(てい)ポストカードがもらえるキャンペーンも [Animate limited edition perks for Pokémon Sword and Shield have been announced! There is also a campaign to get a limited number of postcards.]”, in Niconico News:

The Animate Limited Edition Pokémon Sword and Shield for Nintendo Switch will be available for preorder starting Friday, July 12, 2019! You can't miss the special offers for each download, as well as the special offers for linked purchases and preorder commemoration campaigns.

Nintendo Switch ソフト『ポケットモンスターソード・シールド』のアニメイト限定版が 2019年 7月 12日（金）より予約開始！それぞれのソフトの特典は勿論、連動購入特典、予約開始記念のキャンペーンも見逃せません。

Nintendō Suitchi sofuto “Poketto Monsutā Sōdo Shīrudo” no Animeito genteiban ga nisenjūkyū-nen shichigatsu jūni-nichi (kin) yori yoyaku kaishi! Sorezore no sofuto no tokuten wa mochiron, rendō kōnyū tokuten, yoyaku kaishi kinen no kyanpēn mo minogasemasen.


読み切り

読み切り (canonical)
yomikiri (romanization)

Nominalization of the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 読(よ)み切(き)る (yomikiru, “to read completely”).
The manga sense arose from the way that yomikiri comics are standalone story lines that can be read completely in just one volume.

ja-etym-renyokei

(manga) a one-shot, a non-serialised story that is wholly contained in one volume (novel or comic book published as a single, standalone issue)


สาวแว่น

th-noun

สาวแว่น • (sǎao-wɛ̂n)

สาว (sǎao, “girl”) + แว่น (wɛ̂n, “eyeglasses”).


コマ

齣: (film, animation, manga) a frame of a comic or film


kuudere

Borrowed from Japanese クーデレ (kūdere), a portmanteau of クール (kūru, “calm”), from English cool, and デレデレ (dere-dere, “in a lovey-dovey, infatuated, or lovestruck manner”, adverb).

True, she wasn't very expressive—or anyway, I didn't feel like I saw a lot of emotion from her—but if I thought of her as a kuudere, or one of those “weird girl” types, that could actually be seen as a positive.

2018, Ichiro Sakaki, translated by Kevin Steinbach, Outbreak Company, volume 5, unnumbered page:

The cool and tough exterior she displays makes for a good kuudere, and the blue eyes and silver hair already sets her up for the role in the Clannad series.

2018, "Moogle", "Cool As Rain", Otakuzine Anime Magazine, Issue #121, page 40

Her words were as cool as ever, but there was a hint of embarrassment in her voice. Could she be one of those “kuuderes” I'd heard so much abou

2021, Rifujin na Magonote, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, Volume 11, unnumbered page:

(chiefly Japanese fiction) A calm, aloof, reserved fictional character (usually a girl) who has a hidden soft side, especially for a love interest.


BEWD

I wouldn't call that card "rare"- Konami packages one BEWD in each Seto Kaiba starter deck... That is a far cry from 'rare.'

2002 July 4, Edson plays Green Eyed Ctarl-Ctarl, “Re: YU-GI-OH CARDS”, in alt.fan.digimon (Usenet), message-ID <hlOU8.403520$cQ3.27251@sccrnsc01>:

Out of curiosity, I looked at some pricelists, and BEWD is usually one of the most expensive cards on them. Yes, these are rare BEWDs from the Blue Eyes White Dragon sets, […]

2002 December 18, Chris Mattern, “Re: Shonen Jump Yugioh card”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet), message-ID <uQqdnS5-EYKY2JyjXTWcqQ@comcast.com>:

After Duelist's Kingdom, Yuugi duels the granddaughter of his grandfather's friend, Arthur Hawkins, for the rights to Sugoroku's BEWD, which, if you remember, Seto Kaiba tore up.

2003 October 5, Mizu-chan (P. Frederickson), “Re: Yu-Gi-Oh cards site?”, in rec.arts.anime.games (Usenet), message-ID <3f8035cf_6@corp.newsgroups.com>:

There are two very collectible BEWD cards. This one, and the 1st Edition card from Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon.

2005, Bill Gill, Pojo's Yu-Gi-Oh! Annual 2005, Triumph Books, →ISBN, page 83:

(fandom slang) Abbreviation of Blue-Eyes White Dragon (a trading card in the game of Yu-Gi-Oh!).


キービジュ

ja-noun

キービジュ • (kībiju)

キービジュアル キービジュアル#Japanese


キービジュアル

English: key visual

[kʲiː bʲiʑɨa̠ɾɯ̟]

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from key + visual


⑨

The number 9 enclosed in a circle, used in enumerating lists.


⑨

A diagram of gameplay in the manual of Phantasmagoria of Flower View labelled Cirno with the legend ⑨ and the key ９．バカ (“9. Idiot”).

2008, “⑨でも糖分はいるよっ”, in 溝口ゆうま (lyrics), 東方スイーツᵀᴴᵂ, performed by Innocent Key [Innocent Key]:

⑨でも糖分はいるよっ

2009, “彩祭雷禮”, in くまりす (lyrics), Scattered Destiny [Scattered Destiny]ᵀᴴᵂ, performed by EastNewSound [EastNewSound]:

金魚もった 魔女の肩に ⑨

2010, “チルノンクエスト⑨～そして闇鍋へ～”, in いずみん (lyrics), Heartcore Forte [Heartcore Forte]ᴮᵃⁿᵈᶜᵃᵐᵖᵀᴴᵂ, performed by Halozy [Halozy]:

zairyō motometa fumoto no mura de wa
 “baka da ! baka da !” to ishi o nagerare

材料求めたふもとの村では
「⑨だ・・・!⑨だ・・・!」と石を投げられ

In the village at the foothills where I went in search of ingredients,
they threw rocks at me, declaring "it's the idiot! it's the idiot!"

(fandom slang) Alternative spelling of 馬鹿 (baka, “idiot”), in reference to the Touhou Project character Cirno


⑨

ja-noun

⑨(きゅう) • (kyū)

(fandom slang) Alternative spelling of 9 (kyū, “nine”), in reference to the Touhou Project character Cirno


FMA

Fullmetal Alchemist
w:Fullmetal Alchemist

Abbreviation of Fullmetal Alchemist (“manga and anime series”).


けもフレ

[ke̞mo̞ɸɯ̟ɾe̞]

けものフレンズ w:ja:けものフレンズ

Short for けものフレンズ (“Kemono Friends, a media franchise”).


pokeparada

Te contamos cuáles son sus ventajas y desventajas "El iPhone se ha vuelto uno de los más importantes y más exitosos productos de la historia", dijo Tim Cook, CEO de Apple La matriz de Gerente de Emprendimiento de Facebook Una persona encontró 2 mil dólares en efectivo mientras jugaba Este dispositivo vibra cuando hay un pokémon o una pokeparada cerca.

2016 July 30, “Noticias de Tecnología”, in El Comercio:


Dexit

Blend of Pokédex + exit. Also a pun on Brexit.

Game Freak came clean, stating that it simply couldn’t include all Pokémon in the games — a first for the series — because of technical limitations. This controversy, known as Dexit by the fans, might have prompted less blowback if Game Freak could show that its decision led to better graphics and performance.

2022 November 18, Jhaan Elker, “After ‘Pokémon Scarlet’ and ‘Violet,’ we can’t give Game Freak a pass”, in The Washington Post:

(Pokémon, fandom slang) The decision by Game Freak to make the National Pokédex absent from Pokémon Sword and Shield as well as for many Pokémon to be completely unavailable in these games.


cabbit

(anime, manga) A fictional hybrid of a cat and a rabbit.


catboy

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-catboy.wav

(Japanese fiction) A male fictional character who has a cat's ears, tail, or other feline characteristics on an otherwise humanoid body.


ボーイズラブ

→ English: boys' love, BL

→ Chinese: BL

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from boys + love


ダメカン

ダメージカウンター ダメージカウンター#Japanese

Clipping of ダメージカウンター (damēji kauntā, “damage counter”).


ヤンデレ

→ English: yandere

→ Korean: 얀데레 (yandere)

→ Mandarin: 病嬌 /病娇 (bìngjiāo)

Blend of 病んでる (yanderu, contraction of 病んでいる (yande iru, progressive tense of 病む (yamu, “to be sick”))) + でれでれ (deredere, “in a lovey-dovey, infatuated, or lovestruck manner”, adverb).


ツンデレ

→ English: tsundere

→ Korean: 츤데레 (cheundere)

→ Thai: ซึนเดเระ (sʉn-dee-ré)

Blend of つんつん (tsuntsun, “morosely, aloofly, offputtingly”, adverb) + でれでれ (deredere, “in a lovey-dovey or infatuated manner”, adverb).

(chiefly Japanese fiction) tsundere: a cold, nitpicky character, usually a girl, who conceals (without complete success) a bashfulness in the presence of their crush


下忍

Likely a clipping of compound 下(げ)人(にん) (genin, “low-ranked person”) + 忍(にん)者(じゃ) (ninja, “ninja”).


皮卡丘

/pʰi³⁵ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/pʰi³⁵ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/


isekai

en-noun

isekai (countable and uncountable, plural isekai or isekais)

Borrowed from Japanese 異世界 (isekai, literally “different world”).

bor+

It's not every day that an isekai author gets published out of the sea of isekai stories on there.

2017, Ryo Shirakome, DxS, Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (volume 1)

(Japanese fiction, uncountable) A genre of Japanese fiction involving everyday people transported to alternative fantasy or virtual worlds.


פיקאצ׳ו

(video games, anime, manga) Pikachu (a small yellow rodent-like Pokémon species that has red cheeks and a tail shaped like a lightning bolt, and has electricity-related powers)


羅生門

ja-pos

羅(ら)生(しょう)門(もん) or 羅生門(らせいもん) • (Rashōmon or Raseimon)

羅生門 (canonical)
羅生門 (canonical)
Rashōmon (romanization)
Raseimon (romanization)

[ɾa̠ɕo̞ːmõ̞ɴ]

[ɾa̠se̞ːmõ̞ɴ]

羅生門葛

羅生門葛 ラショウモンカズラ


tankobon

tankobons (plural)
tankobon (plural)
tankōbon (alternative)
tankoubon (alternative)

Borrowed from Japanese 単行本(たんこうぼん) (tankōbon).

(manga) A standard Japanese book format most commonly encountered as the individual volumes of a manga series.


車万

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ wän⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ wän⁵¹/

Glyph corruption of 東方／东方 (Dōngfāng), short for 東方Project (Dōngfāng Project, “Touhou Project”), in Simplified Chinese.

zh-l

過氣車万

过气车万


ケモ耳

ケモ耳 (canonical)
ケモ耳 (canonical)
kemomimi (romanization)


猫娘

猫娘 (canonical)
猫娘 (canonical)
nekomusume (romanization)

2010 January 5, “Kaiteki raifu: Yamashiro, Ōboke yōkai mura [Mysterious life: Yamajiro, Oboke monster village]”, in Mainichi Shimbun, Tokushima regional edition, page 23:

The drums thunder fiercely, but at center stage a cute konaki jiji [ghost grandpa] sings. Dressed as a catgirl with a red ribbon, Yasuko Nonomiya (38, Yamashiro ward, Miyoshi city) provides lead vocals for the ghostly band.

ドラムも恐ろしげに響くが、ステージ中央では可愛らしい児啼爺も歌う。赤いリボンの猫娘に扮した野宮やすこさん（３８）＝三好市山城町上名＝がメーンボーカルを務める妖怪バンド。

Doramu mo osoroshige ni hibiku ga, sutēji chūō de wa kawairashī konaki jijī mo utau. Akai ribon no nekomusume ni fun shita Nonomiya Yasuko-san (３８) - Miyoshi-shi Yamashiro-chō Kamimyō - ga mēn bōkaru o tsutomeru yōkai bando.

catgirl (a mythical or fictional girl or woman resembling a cat)


Fakémon

(fandom slang) A fake Pokémon; for example, any Pokémon invented in fanart.


анимешник

ru-noun+

аниме́шник//animɛ́šnik

аниме́шник • (animɛ́šnik) m anim (genitive аниме́шника, nominative plural аниме́шники, genitive plural аниме́шников, feminine аниме́шница)

аниме́шник (canonical)
animɛ́šnik (romanization)
аниме́шника (genitive)
аниме́шники (nominative plural)
аниме́шников (genitive plural)
аниме́шница (feminine)
аниме́шник (nominative singular)
аниме́шники (nominative plural)
аниме́шника (genitive singular)
аниме́шников (genitive plural)
аниме́шнику (dative singular)
аниме́шникам (dative plural)
аниме́шника (accusative singular)
аниме́шников (accusative plural)
аниме́шником (instrumental singular)
аниме́шниками (instrumental plural)
аниме́шнике (prepositional singular)
аниме́шниках (plural prepositional)

[ɐnʲɪˈmɛʂnʲɪk]


포켓몬스터

From Japanese ポケットモンスター (Poketto Monsutā), from English pocket + monster.


포켓몬

포켓몬스터 포켓몬스터#Korean

Clipping of 포켓몬스터 (Pokenmonseuteo, “Pocket Monster”); a Pokémon


ahoge

(fandom slang, usually in the context of Japanese-style art) An exaggerated cowlick (lock of hair). It adds cuteness to a character and is usually indicative of character traits like airheadedness.


بوكيمون

ar-noun

بوكيمون • (bokemōn) m (plural بوكيمونَات (bokemōnāt))

bokemōn (romanization)
بوكيمونَات (plural)


She is a 2.5D actress.

(theater, drama) Of, belonging or relating to 2.5D musicals, a type of modern Japanese musical theater production which adapts stories originally presented in a two-dimensional medium (anime, manga, or video games).


Pikaclone

(fandom slang) A Pokémon that resembles, or is seemingly inspired by, Pikachu.


Jigglypuff

en-noun

Jigglypuff (plural Jigglypuff or Jigglypuffs)

Jigglypuff (plural)
Jigglypuffs (plural)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Jigglypuff.wav

When they pointed out that I'd have to pay a couple of hundred bucks if I ever rejoined, I just laughed at them, pressed my fingertips to my temples, and visualized about seven and a half pounds off my jigglypuff thighs.

2004, Celia Rivenbark, We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle, pages 151–152:

They sleep when you on the mic, you're fucking Jigglypuff

2007, Demigodz, “Well, Well, Well”, in The Godz Must Be Crazier:

And when your body type is "Kirby" or "Jigglypuff", finding a style that is meant for your shape is next to impossible.

2015, Barbara Sorrelson, 45 Reasons It Sucks to be Fat: Daily Diet Motivation, page 27:

(sometimes attributive) Something that resembles the Pokémon Jigglypuff, e.g. by being rotund, bright pink, or able to induce sleep.


toddlercon

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-toddlercon.wav

From toddler + -con (“abnormal sexual attraction”).

suf

(anime) Japanese-inspired erotic or suggestive art depicting very young children, of toddler age.


shipgirl

shipgirls (plural)
ship girl (alternative)
ship-girl (alternative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-shipgirl.wav

(Japanese fiction) A female fictional humanoid character featuring design elements of a ship, such as anchors, naval guns or torpedo tubes; usually a namesake moe anthropomorphization of a real life warship.

艦娘 /舰娘

female character with ship characteristics


Siêu Nhân

[siəw˧˧ ɲən˧˧]

[ʂiw˧˧ ɲəŋ˧˧]

[siw˧˧ ɲəŋ˧˧]

[ʂiw˧˧ ɲəŋ˧˧]

[siw˧˧ ɲəŋ˧˧]

LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-Siêu Nhân.wav

Sino-Vietnamese word from 超人, composed of 超 (“super-”) and 人 (“human”)


deredere

From Japanese でれでれ (“onomatopoeia for being lovestruck”).

bor

(fandom slang) A character who is lovestruck and does not hide their romantic feelings towards their love interest and is very sweet, flirtatious, affectionate, and loving towards them the entire time.


バルス祭り

バルス祭り (canonical)
barusu matsuri (romanization)

"balse festival": the mass tweeting of "balse!" that takes place when Castle in the Sky is broadcast on television

Castle in the Sky#Popular culture
ja:飛行石#滅びの呪文「バルス」によるインターネット上の現象


松風

(tea ceremony) the sound of the water at a rolling boil

a sweet made of baked wheat flour and sugar topped with sesame


松風

(Japanese fiction) Matsukaze, the eponymous character of the Noh play by Kan'ami Kiyotsugu


松風

ja-noun

松(しょう)風(ふう) • (shōfū)


Godzilo

From English Godzilla, itself from Japanese ゴジラ (Gojira), a blend created for the movie from the words ゴリラ (gorira, “gorilla”) and 鯨 (kujira, “whale”).

Loka (nun en Pollando) E-isto, Nyegosh, kaj mi iam planis ekspluati la neologismon [frankfurto] per filmado de nova Godzilajxo/Kogxirajxo, "GODZILO MANGXAS FRANKFURTON"...

1997, Leland Bryant Ross, “re: Frankfurtoj kun aux sen cepoj”, in soc.culture.esperanto:

A local (now in Poland) Esperantist, Nyegosh, and I once planned to exploit the neologism [frankfurto] with the filming of a new Godzilla/Kojira movie, "GODZILLA EATS FRANKFURTER"...

Tio dependas. Se Godzilo...

2000, Bertilo Wennergren, “re: sur/en ies spuroj”, in soc.culture.esperanto:

Ja mi ne konas mian forton, nek Godzilo konas / / la sian.

2018, Eric Paul Schaffer, “La godzila iluzio”, in Catherine B. Krause, transl., Beletra Almanako, number 31:

I know I don't know my strength, nor does Godzilla know / / his.


เผ่ามังกรฟ้า

th-noun

เผ่ามังกรฟ้า • (pào-mang-gɔɔn-fáa)

From เผ่า (pào, “clan; tribe; group”) + มังกร (mang-gɔɔn, “dragon”) + ฟ้า (fáa, “heaven; sky”); calque from Japanese 天竜人 (tenryūbito, literally “heavenly dragon folk”), the name of a fictional institution in the One Piece series.

com

(slang, sarcastic, offensive) royal institution, royal family, or monarchy, especially when protected as untouchable, inviolable, or sacrosanct.


艦娘

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 艦娘 (Kanmusu).


貓娘

/niãu⁴⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴/

/ŋiou³³⁻²³ nie⁵⁵/

/ŋiau³³⁻²³ nio⁵⁵/

/niãu⁴⁴⁻²² niũ²⁴/

/ŋiou³³⁻²³ nie⁵⁵/

/ŋiau³³⁻²³ nio⁵⁵/

(Teochew, dated in Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) tabby; female cat


貓娘

/mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/maːu̯⁵⁵ nœːŋ²¹/

/mɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/maːu̯⁵⁵ nœːŋ²¹/

Likely an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 猫娘(ねこむすめ) (nekomusume).


源氏物語

ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˋ ㄨˋ ㄩˇ

/ɥɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jyːn²¹ siː²² mɐt̚² jyː¹³/

/ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ si³³⁻¹¹ but̚⁴⁻³² ɡu⁵³/

/ɥɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ u⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jyːn²¹ siː²² mɐt̚² jyː¹³/

/ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ si³³⁻¹¹ but̚⁴⁻³² ɡu⁵³/

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 源氏物語 (Genji Monogatari).


源氏物語

ja-pos

源(げん)氏(じ)物(もの)語(がたり) • (Genji Monogatari)

源氏物語 (canonical)
Genji Monogatari (romanization)

Chinese: 源氏物語 /源氏物语 (Yuánshì Wùyǔ)

From 源氏 (Genji, short for 光源氏 (Hikaru Genji), its titular protagonist) + 物語 (monogatari, “story, tale”).

com

short for <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">光源氏</i> (Hikaru Genji), its titular protagonist

The Tale of Genji (novel by Murasaki Shikibu)


HM slave

From HM, an abbreviation of Hidden Machine, adapted from Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”).

der

Farfetch'd is pretty good for a HM slave. And once you've visited everywhere, you can HM delete Cut and Flash and False Swipe and raise it to a decent level and watch it own damn near everything.

2001 February 17, Talen, “Re: [OT] Frustration...”, in alt.fan.dragonball (Usenet), message-ID <qohs8tgvf0jap8p9fto88fufl17blr740f@4ax.com>:

That leaves Flash, Waterfall, Fly, and (not a HM, but needed in much the same way) Rock Smash for another HM slave.

2001 February 15, rak...@mindspring.com, “Re: Smeargle just an ugly smear in your team?”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet), message-ID <3a8b4f6a.316743@news.mindspring.com>:

I think the HM slaves work best because then you just have to level them up to about 40 playing through the game, and switching them out for some other more useful pokes leveling up.

2005 May 17, daramark, “Re: New player strategy.”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet), message-ID <Pkeie.1739$dS3.443546@news20.bellglobal.com>:

For this purpose, some players like to bring along a "HM Slave" (or two) - a Pokémon whose only purpose is to use HMs.

2015, Pokémon X & Y - Strategy Guide, GamerGuides.com, →ISBN, page 24:

(Pokémon video games, fandom slang) A Pokémon retained by the player to use Hidden Machine moves (certain moves that usually help in exploring the world of the games).

秘伝要員

Pokémon whose purpose is to use HM moves


legendary Pokémon

en-noun

legendary Pokémon (plural legendary Pokémon)

After catching the legendary Pokémon Mewtwo, nothing could stand between the trainer and her ultimate goal of becoming the greatest trainer of all time.

Any of the extremely rare and often very powerful Pokémon specifically designated as such by official sources of Pokémon information.


genwunner

Respelled clipping of generation one + -er, possibly influenced by won.

(fandom slang, Pokémon, derogatory) Someone who likes only the first generation of the Pokémon franchise, especially when elitist or snobbish about later generations.


淫紋

(Japanese fiction, pornography, neologism) a stylized uterus-shaped mark on a woman's pubis, representative of supernatural sexual debauchery; "crotch tattoo"; "pubic tattoo"; "womb tattoo"


Curselax

Unfortunately, the most widespread confusing move is kinda useless against the Curselax.

2001 June 29, Talen, “Anti-Curselax Measure”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet):

Snorlax (Kulgdor) [...] Earthquake Body Slam Curse Rest [...] Standard Curselax, he will do well in stadium and the game.

2002 July 18, Worry, “Re: [Rate my Team] This Team Sux v. 4.0”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet):

This is my favorite pokemon of the new G/S pokes. I'm not sure about the item for this one, but this is mainly to deal with Curselaxes.

2011 May 15, FL1PPED Out, “[G/S] Team, Please Rate”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet):

(fandom slang) A moveset of a Pokémon that includes Curse and Rest.


アシ

アシスタント アシスタント#Japanese

(manga) Short for アシスタント (ashisutanto, “assistant”).


TSF

TSF (canonical)
tī-esu-efu (romanization)

[tʲiːe̞sɨe̞ɸɯ̟]

From English transsexual + fiction or fantasy.

基本的にはＴＳＦ（トランスセクシャルフィクション）という、男が女になってなんやかや、という作品ばかりです。

1999, 月下 [Gekka], 月下の図書館 [Library Under the Moonlight], archived from the original on 1999-10-08:

Basically, it's all about TSF (Transsexual Fiction), where men turn into women and various things happen, in those works.

ＴＳＦ小説というジャンル同様、ＴＳＦ嗜好もマイナーと言えます。

2000 December 31, 月華 [Gekka], “第一回「私がＴＳＦ小説を書く理由」 [The Reason Why I Write TSF Novels: Part One]”, in TS-WEEK, archived from the original on 2001-04-29:

Like the TSF novel genre, TSF preferences could also be considered niche.

ＴＳＦとは、「非現実的な事象によって精神が帰属する肉体の性別が変化することで、肉体的性別と精神的性別との差異が突如うまれる物語」の類型を表す言葉として使われています。

2016 July 19, F_TSF, “TSFジャンルについての私見 [My Thoughts on the TSF Genre]”, in TSFのF [blog], archived from the original on 2017-02-10:

TSF stands for "Transsexual Fiction," a term used to describe stories where the gender of the body to which the mind belongs changes due to unreal events, creating a sudden difference between physical and mental gender.

the crux of a TSF story relies on the biological change of the body

2017 July 26, Chiaki Hirai, “An Analysis of Magical Sex-Change (TSF) Manga”, in Anime Feminist, archived from the original on 2017-07-28:

I have come to the conclusion that there is no meaningful difference between the terms. TG (Trans-Gender), TSF (Trans-Sexual Fantasy or Trans-Sexual Fiction), Gender Bender, Gender Swap, or any related terminology, are all synonyms for the same concept.

2022 May 25, Natalie Neumann, “Natalie Rambles About TSF”, in Natalie.TF, archived from the original on 2022-12-01:

fiction with central themes of genderswapping, genderbending, or sex change


hyaa

(chiefly manga) Ah! Argh! A shriek or scream.


kabedon

From Japanese 壁ドン (kabedon), from 壁 (kabe, “wall”) + ドン (don, onomatopoeia for a pounding noise).

Pulling a kabedon will freak her out, so don't get pushy...

2016, Kina Kobayashi, translated by Jenny McKeon, Nameless Asterism, volume 3:

Kabedon only works if you're both into each other.

2017, Kei Sasuga, translated by Adam Hirsch, Domestic Girlfriend, volume 13, unnumbered page:

We were presently in an empty classroom during lunch break, and she had me trapped in a truly magnificent kabedon.

2021, Teren Mikami, translated by TNFWIBYLU Translation Team, There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless..., volume 5, unnumbered page:

Do girls really get excited over kabedons?

2021, Kana Nakatsuki, translated by Andria McKnight, Don't Tempt Me, VP!, volume 3, unnumbered page:

(chiefly Japanese fiction) The act of placing one hand on a wall or other vertical surface while leaning close to another (usually shorter) person whose back is against the wall/surface.


ウニフラ

[ɯ̟ɲ̟iɸɯ̟ɾa̠]

From ウニ (uni, “urchin”), a reference to its pointiness, and フラッシュ (furasshu, “flash”).

(manga) a form of speech bubble, where the border is made of lines emanating outwards from a circular shape

集中線

集中線 しゅうちゅうせん


PMD

personal mobility device
personal mobility device#English

[…] retrospective reports of premenstrual dysphoria (PMD) or postpartum depression (PPD) […] PMD or PPD, smoking and sleep disturbance […]

2007 June 5, Rogerio A. Lobo, Treatment of the Postmenopausal Woman: Basic and Clinical Aspects, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 312:

Premenstrual dysphoria (PMD), a severe form of premenstrual syndrome, is a prevalent and serious disorder that affects approximately 5% of women of reproductive age.

2006, Dwight L. Evans, Dennis S. Charney, Lydia Lewis, The Physician’s Guide to Depression and Bipolar Disorders, McGraw-Hill Education / Medical:

premenstrual dysphoria
premenstrual dysphoria#English

premenstrual dysphoric disorder
premenstrual dysphoric disorder#English

Initialism of premenstrual dysphoria, synonym of premenstrual dysphoric disorder.

Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease
Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease#English

Initialism of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease.


PMD

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
w:Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

(video games) Initialism of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon.


boys' love

Calque of Japanese ボーイズラブ, which is wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), from English boys + love.

a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that features homoerotic relationships between male characters; yaoi


カァ

ja-pos

カァ or かぁ • (kā)

カァ (canonical)
かぁ (canonical)
kā (romanization)

(manga) Onomatopoeia for embarrassed blushing.


gijinka

en-noun

gijinka (countable and uncountable, plural gijinka)

Borrowed from Japanese 擬人化 , Japanese for "Personification".

A non-human character, thing, or idea that has been turned into a human or humanoid in artwork; a humanization.


めすおち

めすおち (canonical)
メスおち (canonical)
mesu-ochi (romanization)

From 雌(めす) (mesu, “female animal; vulgar: female person”) + 堕(お)ち (ochi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 堕(お)ちる (ochiru).”).

ja-compound

(Japanese fiction, vulgar) sluttification or sissyfication


ロリババア

ja-noun

ロリババア or ロリばばあ • (roribabā)

ロリババア (canonical)
ロリばばあ (canonical)
roribabā (romanization)

(slang, fiction) old woman (or supernaturally aged female being) with the body of a loli


さらし

晒, 晒し: (fiction) 晒し木綿 (sarashi momen, “bleached white cloth”) used as a binder (material used in binding or flattening the breasts)


つるぺた

Blend of つるつる (tsurutsuru, “shiny”, referring to the pubic area) + ぺったんこ (pettanko, “flat-chested”).


たねつけ

→ Mandarin: 種付 /种付

(slang, fiction, pornography) fucking a woman with the debasing objective of impregnating


扉絵

ja-noun

扉(とびら)絵(え) • (tobirae) ^(←とびらゑ (tobirawe)?)

扉絵 (canonical)
tobirae (romanization)
tobirawe (romanization)
とびらゑ (hiragana historical)

(manga) cover or opening illustration, not necessarily placed at the very beginning


미소녀

Sino-Korean word from 美少女, from 美 (“beautiful”) + 少女 (“girl”), probably an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 美少女.

obor

(especially relating to Japan or Japanese media) a beautiful young girl, usually in her teens


모에

(slang) moe (affection towards fictional characters from Japanese or similar media)

모에화(化)

redrawing in an anime style, moe anthromorphism


비주얼 노벨

bijueol nobel (romanization)
비주얼노벨 (alternative)

From Japanese ビジュアルノベル (bijuaru noberu), ultimately from English visual + novel, but re-anglicized in Korean. Compare 라이트 노벨 (raiteu nobel, “light novel”).

interactive fiction
interactive fiction#English

visual novel (mainly Japanese genre of interactive fiction)


漫符

2012, Sakamoto Shōyo, Manga no kaki-kata [How manga is drawn], page 43:

Surprise […] To indicate sweating or the shock of realization, draw this icon and it will be easily understood.

驚 […] 汗の記号やハッと気づく漫符を描くとわかりやすい。

Odoroki […] Ase no kigō ya hatto kizuku manpu o kaku to wakari yasui.

2015, Ueno Kentarō, Himana manga-ka ga ‘Manga ga kakikata hon’ o yonde kangaeta ‘Ore ga best seller o dasanai riyū’ [Manga artist reads ‘How to draw manga book’ in his free time and thinks, ‘That’s why I’ll never produce a best-seller’], page 34:

The manpu (marks used to represent anger or sweat etc.) typically used to this day are introduced.

現在でも普通に使われている漫符（怒りや汗などを表わすマークのこと。 […] ）が紹介されている。

Genzai de mo futsū ni tsukawarete-iru manpu (Ikari ya ase nado o arawasu māku no koto. […] ) ga shōkai sareteiru.

2020, Kūhaku n koma mondai [Blank frame n problem], Pochi! to na:

icons: symbols used to indicate emotions, movement, etc. musical note: an icon indicating that a character is in a good mood

漫符:感情、動き、などを表す記号 音符:上機嫌であることを示す漫符

manpu: kanjō, ugoki, nado o arawasu kigō onpu: jōkigen dearu koto o shimesu manpu

(jargon, manga) icon, manga mark, cartoon icon; a symbol used in manga to represent an emotion or action; grawlixes.


라이트 노벨

light novel (short novel genre, originally from Japan but now popular in South Korea)


manga mark

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Compound of manga + mark. Compare Japanese 漫符(まんぷ) (manpu, “manga icon”).

Cultural learning experiences are required to understanding manga''' marks. For example, adults of Botswana interpreted a sweat mark used in Western comics as blood, rain, and tears (Byram and Garforth, 1980).

2006, David Shwalb, Jun Nakazawa, Barbara J. Shwalb, Applied Developmental Psychology: Theory, Practice, and Research from Japan, page 29:

In a previous preliminary experiment, we determined facial expressions for the robot KOBIAN-R with manga marks. Those expressions included four manga marks as “Cross popping veins” for “Anger”, “Tear mark” for “Sadness”, “Vertical lines” for “Fear” and “Wrinkle” for “Disgust”.

2014, Tatsuhiro Kishi, Hajime Futaki, Gabriele Trovato, Nobutsuna Endo, A Robotic Head that Displays Japanese “Manga” Marks:

Nakazawa (2005b) asked the meaning of the twelve manga''' marks to a sample of kindergartners, first-, fourth-, sixth-, and eighth-graders. Understanding of manga''' marks progressed along with grade level (Figure 7.2)

2016, Jun Nakazawa, “Manga literacy and manga comprehension in Japanese children”, in Neil Cohn, editor, The Visual Narrative Reader, page 248:

The comprehensive techniques that composes manga is immature. But there is a very high expressiveness in some aspects, such as the creation of a face viewed from the front and the expression of expressions using manga marks.

2020, Kurobokuya, Kurobokuya manga lesson 4:

(cartooning, manga, anime) A cartoon icon; a symbol used to indicate emotion, movement, etc. in a drawing; especially one used in or associated with Japanese-style manga.


コミック化

コミック化 (canonical)
komikku-ka (romanization)

待望のコミック化

(manga) graduation of a webcomic into a commercial publication


コミック化

コミック化する (canonical)
komikku-ka suru (romanization)
コミック化し (stem)
コミック化した (past)
コミック化し
コミックかし
komikku-ka shi
コミック化する
コミックかする
komikku-ka suru
コミック化すれ
コミックかすれ
komikku-ka sure
コミック化せよ (imperative literary)
コミック化しろ (colloquial imperative)
コミックかせよ (imperative literary)
コミックかしろ (colloquial imperative)
komikku-ka seyo (imperative literary)
komikku-ka shiro (colloquial imperative)
コミック化される (passive)
コミックかされる (passive)
komikku-ka sareru (passive)
コミック化させる (causative)
コミック化さす (causative)
コミックかさせる (causative)
コミックかさす (causative)
komikku-ka saseru (causative)
komikku-ka sasu (causative)
コミック化できる (potential)
コミックかできる (potential)
komikku-ka dekiru (potential)
コミック化しよう (volitional)
コミックかしよう (volitional)
komikku-ka shiyō (volitional)
コミック化しない (negative)
コミックかしない (negative)
komikku-ka shinai (negative)
コミック化せず (continuative negative)
コミックかせず (continuative negative)
komikku-ka sezu (continuative negative)
コミック化します (formal)
コミックかします (formal)
komikku-ka shimasu (formal)
コミック化した (perfective)
コミックかした (perfective)
komikku-ka shita (perfective)
コミック化して (conjunctive)
コミックかして (conjunctive)
komikku-ka shite (conjunctive)
コミック化すれば (conditional hypothetical)
コミックかすれば (conditional hypothetical)
komikku-ka sureba (conditional hypothetical)

(manga) to graduate from a webcomic into a commercial publication


嵌字

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/


bảo bối

[ʔɓaːw˧˩ ʔɓoj˧˦]

[ʔɓaːw˧˨ ʔɓoj˨˩˦]

[ʔɓaːw˨˩˦ ʔɓoj˦˥]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 寶貝 (“precious shell”), from Chinese 寶貝 /宝贝 (bǎobèi). See also Chinese 神奇寶貝 /神奇宝贝 (Thần kì Bảo bối, “Pokémon”, literally “Magical Babies”).

cog

(uncommon, in translations from Chinese bootleg DVDs) Short for bảo bối thần kì (“Pokémon”).


DPPt

From the initials of Diamond, Pearl and Pt, the chemical symbol for Platinum.

Pokémon Diamond, Pearl
w:Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

(fandom slang) Abbreviation of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum.


SuMo

Pokémon Sun and Moon
w:Pokémon Sun and Moon

(fandom slang) Abbreviation of Pokémon Sun and Moon.


(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.


USUM

Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
w:Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.


LGPE

w:Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.


SwSh

Pokémon Sword and Shield
w:Pokémon Sword and Shield

(fandom slang) Abbreviation of Pokémon Sword and Shield.


PoGo

(fandom slang) Abbreviation of Pokémon Go.


比卡超

/pei̯³⁵ kʰaː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/

/pei̯³⁵ kʰaː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/

Borrowed from Japanese ピカチュウ (Pikachū).
; John Lee Ka-chiu

Will you forgive John Lee if it opens a press conference and poses as Pikachu?

2019 Jun 24, James奔 (username), 如果李家超開記者會扮比卡超道歉，大家會否原諒牠？, on LIHKG

jyu⁴ gwo² lei⁵ gaa¹ ciu¹ hoi¹ gei³ ze² wui⁶⁻² baan⁶ bei² kaat¹ ciu¹ dou⁶ hip³, daai⁶ gaa¹ wui⁵ fau² jyun⁴ loeng⁶ taa¹?

如果李家超開記者會扮比卡超道歉，大家會否原諒牠？

如果李家超开记者会扮比卡超道歉，大家会否原谅它？


メスイキ

From 雌(めす) (mesu) + イき (iki, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb イく.”).

ja-compound

(Japanese fiction, pornography) orgasm of a sissified or male-to-female genderswapped person


竿役

From 竿(さお) (sao, “pole”) + 役(やく) (yaku, “role”).

2012 August 9, 安田峰俊, “「口では嫌がっても体は正直だな…」中国駐大阪総領事館がぶち込んだ“18禁トンデモ発言”の真相”, in 文春オンライン:

陵辱モノ18禁ゲームの竿役みたいなセリフ

ryōjoku-mono jūhachi-kin gēmu no saoyaku mitai na serifu

line that sounds like something a dude in an X-rated rape fantasy hentai game would say

(Japanese fiction, pornography) the one who fucks other characters


なろう系

なろう系 (canonical)
narō-kei (romanization)

From なろう (narō, “let's become”, volitional of なる (naru)) + 系(けい) (-kei), named after 小説家になろう (Shōsetsu-ka ni Narō, “Let's Become Novelists”, a user-generated novel publishing website).

lw

(slang, derogatory) A vague, derogatory label applied to isekai (異世界) stories that have overdone, clichéd elements.


視覺小說

ㄕˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄛ

шицзюэ сяошо

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

Calque from Japanese ビジュアルノベル (bijuarunoberu), which is a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), from English visual novel.


princess carry

en-noun

princess carry (plural princess carries)

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Calque of Japanese お姫様だっこ (“o-hime-sama dakko”).

calque

Elize was being held in a princess carry, and while she found that embarrassing, now wasn't really the time to complain.

2020, Yukiya Murasaki, Altina the Sword Princess: Volume 4, J-Novel Club, →ISBN:

“A princess carry?” “Yeah, well, how do I describe it? I put my arm under your knees and behind your back and carry you.

2021, Tsunehiko Watanabe, The Ideal Sponger Life: Volume 4, J-Novel Club, →ISBN:

“Oh! W-With a princess carry, then? Also known as a bridal carry?”

2019, Supana Onikage, Lazy Dungeon Master: Volume 7, J-Novel Club, →ISBN:

year unknown, Justin Miller, World Keeper: Advent, Justin Miller
So, I scooped her up in my arms in a... yes... in a princess carry, and jumped out the window ...

She noticed that Flora's complexion was off, but she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable at the novel sight of Rio holding Flora in a princess carry.

2020, Yuri Kitayama, Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles Volume 8, J-Novel Club, →ISBN:


princess carry

en-verb

princess carry (third-person singular simple present princess carries, present participle princess carrying, simple past and past participle princess carried)

princess carries (present singular third-person)
princess carrying (participle present)
princess carried (participle past)
princess carried (past)

Naturally, he was going to princess carry her back.

2017, Ryo Shirakome, Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Volume 2, J-Novel Club, →ISBN:

(Japanese fiction) To carry another person in a bridal carry.


hanahaki

From Japanese 花吐き病 (hanahaki-byō), from 花 (hana, “flower”) + 吐く (haku, “to vomit”). An invention of Matsuda Naoko (松田奈緒子) for her manga Hanahaki Otome (『花吐き乙女』).

The cascading emotions are
giving me hanahaki tonight, they're
beautiful but it's suffocating.

2019, Unzila Iftikhar, Before Your Eyes - Despite It All, You Still Rise, page 9:

It is familiar. In that most everyone is familiar with a coffee shop and thus understands the AU’s basic premise on sight. Unlike, say, Hanahaki fics.

2020, Katharine Elizabeth McCain, "Today Your Barista Is: Genre Characteristics in The Coffee Shop Alternate Universe", dissertation submitted to Ohio State University, page 27

However, to a hanahaki patient, it's probably far more terrifying for them to have the surgery to cure their feelings than the disease.

2020, Ivy Wong, "The Cure for Hanahaki", English Literary Magazine (St. Paul's Co-Educational College, Hong Kong), page 22

(chiefly Japanese fiction) A fictional illness in which a person bearing an unrequited love coughs up flower petals until they die or their feelings are reciprocated. The disease can also be cured by a surgical procedure that removes the flowers, but this will result in them losing their feelings of affection and all memories of the person they loved.


戯作

ja-noun

戯(げ)作(さく) or 戯作(ぎさく) or 戯作(けさく) or 戯作(きさく) • (gesaku or gisaku or kesaku or kisaku)

戯作 (canonical)
戯作 (canonical)
戯作 (canonical)
戯作 (canonical)
gesaku (romanization)
gisaku (romanization)
kesaku (romanization)
kisaku (romanization)


クリンナップ

[kɯ̟ɾʲĩnːa̠p̚pɯ̟]

(anime, manga) cleanup of a draft or rough sketch


뱦뺴

東方(とうほう) (Tōhō) stored in Shift_JIS misinterpreted as Unified Hangul Code (Windows-949).

ja-r

東方(とうほう) (Tōhō)

(ACG, Internet slang) Touhou Project (東方Project)


pocket monster

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Borrowed from Japanese ポケットモンスター (Poketto Monsutā), itself from English pocket + monster.

bor+

A fictional creature from the universe of the Pokémon franchise.


BDSP

w:Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.


brolic

en-adj

brolic (comparative more brolic, superlative most brolic)

more brolic (comparative)
most brolic (superlative)

Reportedly coined in reference to the extremely muscular character Broly from the Dragon Ball anime franchise, with the suffix -ic. Broly is a transliteration of the Japanese ブロリー (Burorī), itself coined as a pun on the English broccoli, a theme used in the naming of members of the fictional Saiyan alien species (e.g. Vegeta, from vegetable).

Lonnie and Shotgun Pete had beef with Black Boy, a big brolic drug dealer from Thomasville Heights, the projects up the street from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, not far from Englewood.

2005, Ca$h, Trust No Man: Loyalty To Those Who Are Loyal, unnumbered page

He was mad brolic. Since he been in prison, he didn't have nothing else to do but work out.

2013, Allison van Diepen, Street Pharm, page 65:

There were twelve brolic security guards lined up against just the two of us. Imagine having to fight a dozen guys who were all the size of a WWE wrestler like The Undertaker.

2022, Fat Joe, The Book of Jose, unnumbered page:

(African-American Vernacular, slang) Having large, well-developed muscles.


Soulslike

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From Souls + -like, referencing the Dark Souls video game series, after the pattern of roguelike (“any of a genre of computer role playing games influenced by Rogue”).

Amid the tsunami of Soulslikes, Deck13's The Surge stands out as the one game to take the genre in a new direction.

2018 April, “The Surge 2 gets tooled up”, in PlayStation Official Magazine, UK, page 11:

And that's what you ultimately want from a soulslike. Challenge, struggle, and ultimate triumph. And in that sense, "Hollow Knight" is a soulslike.

2020 April 28, James Hamilton, “Hollow Knight Video Game Review”, in TechNews, Illinois Institute of Technology, page 13:

Beyond its cuteness, what makes Tails of Iron stand out from other Soulslikes is how forgiving it can feel – relatively, anyway.

2021 October, Chris Wallace, “When We Made...Tails of Iron”, in MCV Develop, page 64:

(video games) A subgenre of action role-playing video games influenced by the Dark Souls trilogy, characterized by high difficulty, trial-and-error progression, esoteric enemy movesets, environmental storytelling, and complex lore.


bishoujo

/bɪˈʃəʊd͡ʒəʊ/

If you are into bishojo, loli-con, or bishonen materials, be advised that customs *does* frown on what might be considered pornography.

1989 September 23, Mark Crispin, “bringing stuff into the US from Japan”, in soc.culture.japan (Usenet):

I was really struck by how many of the bishoujo cliches it managed to bring up. We already have the older sister, younger sister, childhood friend, and exotic transfer student. We have a genki girl, a ditzy girl, a hime-sama, and a meido.

2006 October 13, Abraham Evangelista, “Re: Crescent Love - dull new anime”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

A genre of anime and manga depicting cute young girls.


siscon

en-noun

siscon (countable and uncountable, plural siscons)

Borrowed from Japanese シスコン (shisukon), from シスターコンプレックス (shisutā konpurekkusu, “sister complex”), itself borrowed from English sister complex. By surface analysis, sis (“sister”) + -con (“abnormal sexual attraction”).

ja-r

シスター コンプレックス

surf

What's up with Da Capo? Siscon and lolicon in episode 1, a catgirl later -- is the target market fetishists?

2003 July 17, Galen Musbach, “The Summer of Our Discontent”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

Heck, it's not too hard to find incest themes in non-H these days. Bro/Siscon relationships date back even before the seminal "Revolutionar [sic] Girl Utena", and still crop up in today's harem styled shows like "Sister Princess", and the still hilarious "Majikano".

2006 March 26, Abraham Evangelista, “Re:Protecting the Children at anime cons”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

Perhaps you're wondering about what '80s anime would have thought of the siscon aspect. It likely wouldn't have been permitted as such a central concept on an anime TV show […] but the siscon theme was the focus of a relatively popular 1980s OAV series named for its main character, Ami.

2015 July 8, Tsukasa Fushimi, edited by Jemiah Jefferson, Oreimo: Kuroneko Volume 2, →ISBN, page 163:

“Imouto sae Ireba Ii” - Adaptation of a light novel with a strong siscon slant.

2017 September 19, Dave Baranyi, “Fall 2017 New Anime Try--Out List”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

(Japanese fiction, uncountable) Strong attachment or attraction to one's own sister.

(Japanese fiction, countable) A person with such an attachment or attraction.


츤데레

[t͡ɕʰɯnde̞ɾe̞]


shocked Pikachu

en-noun

shocked Pikachu (plural shocked Pikachus)

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From an Internet meme based on a screencap of Pikachu with a shocked expression from the 1997 episode "Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village" of the animated series Pokémon: Indigo League.

Olivia's shocked-Pikachu face shifts into a full-on scowl.

2020, Anna Meriano, “Just Tell Them You Play Soccer”, in Game On: 15 Stories of Wins, Losses, and Everything in Between, page 180:

I swear to god I had both of my eyes bulging out with my mouth wide open looking like a shocked Pikachu.

2021, Sunehar Aneja, Angela Mathew, editors, And The Dandelions Fell Apart, page 83:

She didn't have to look so friggin' surprised about it. Like a shocked Pikachu.

2021, Yayoi Ogawa, translated by Rose Padgett, Knight of the Ice 7, page 56:

(Internet slang) A Pikachu with a specific open-mouthed, erect-ear expression signifying shock and astonishment, especially regarding something that one should have expected.


monoeye

monoeyes (plural)
mono-eye (alternative)

→ Japanese: モノアイ (monoai)

From mono- + eye. The monster girl type sense is possibly a reborrowing from Japanese モノアイ (monoai) or a calque of Japanese 単眼 (tangan).

Tysm Hitomi!! They are both so cute! 😳💖 Why does everyone have a cute monoeye OC~

2022 December 10, Akiko✨ (@Akiko_oc), Twitter:

It's also the first day of the month, that means it's monoeye day! Cyclops art RT bomb incoming!

2022 February 1, Hitomi 👁🎧 (@HitomiOnpa), Twitter:

(chiefly anime and manga) A humanlike monster girl species with a single large eye.


ナーロッパ

Blend of なろう系 (narō-kei) + ヨーロッパ (Yōroppa).

blend

(slang, derogatory) the hackneyed pseudo-medieval European setting often found in なろう系(けい) (narō-kei) isekai fantasy stories


cute girls doing cute things

en-noun

cute girls doing cute things (uncountable)

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:cute girls doing cute things.

(fandom slang) A genre of anime and manga featuring appealing young women in fun everyday situations.


魔法陣

[ma̠ho̞ːʑĩɴ]

(Japanese fiction, fantasy) magic circle


阿嘿顏

/ˀä⁵⁵ xeɪ̯⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/

/ˀä⁵⁵ xeɪ̯⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/

From Japanese アヘ顔(がお) (ahegao), from アヘアヘ (aheahe, “panting”) + 顔(かお) (kao, “face”).

(chiefly Japanese fiction) ahegao (an exaggerated facial expression consisting of flushed cheeks, rolled-back eyes, and the tongue hanging out, intended to depict a person having an orgasm)


Pokeyman

Pokéman (alternative)
pokeyman (alternative)
Pokeymans (alternative)

Okay, let me explain something to you.
This is a Pokémon newsgroup. This is where people who like Pokémon come to talk, not where bashing of Pokémon is encouraged. If you dislike Pokémon to such a degree, and think so lowly of those who like it, then you are lowering your own mental activity by visiting this newsgroup and posting TWICE.
Also, you never did explain what's wrong with Pokémon, besides that it's popular among seventh-grade students.
You didn't understand that? Okay, let me put it in your language:
U fuckin' fag, dis is a damn Pokeyman newsgrup! Why da hell are u fuckin' dissin' Pokeyman in a fuckin' Pokeyman newsgrup?!
There. Did you understand that? Good.

1999 December 4, Andrusi, “I HATE POKÈMON!”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-12:

Is DBz bigger or going to be bigger than Pokeyman?

2000 June 1, Denis de Laplante, “OT: 1 Question”, in alt.fan.dragonball (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-12:

My kids like pokeyman. I've treated them to pokeyman toys, books, videos, "snap" nintendo 64 game, and even a live show at the coleseum.
But pokeyman is still not the world's greatest hobby. Not by any stretch.

2001 February 9, Brian, “Who Is What?”, in rec.radio.amateur.policy (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-12:

Must be tough to rub one out to a Pokeyman movie then...

2001 April 25, Thomas Wharry, “My Wings Changes”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.det-redwings (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-12:

And wasn't there an anime about some racer who was speedy? Maybe not quite as much of a phenomenon as Pokeymans or Saylermans (with no sub release like the others mentioned here), but still did well on its own?

2007 August 9, Megane, “Re: ADV and the A, B, C-titles”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-12:


pokeyman

(humorous) Alternative letter-case form of Pokeyman.


BakuDeku

Blend of Bakugou (爆豪) and Deku (でく, alternate kun'yomi reading of 出久 Izuku, homophonous with 木偶).

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Katsuki Bakugou and Izuku "Deku" Midoriya from the My Hero Academia series.


IidaDeku

Blend of Iida (飯田) and Deku (でく, alternate kun'yomi reading of 出久 Izuku, homophonous with 木偶).

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Tenya Iida and Izuku "Deku" Midoriya from the My Hero Academia series.

List of My Hero Academia characters#Class 1-A students


KamiDeku

Blend of Kaminari (上鳴) and Deku (でく, alternate kun'yomi reading of 出久 Izuku, homophonous with 木偶).

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Denki Kaminari and Izuku "Deku" Midoriya from the My Hero Academia series.


KiriDeku

Blend of Kirishima (切島) and Deku (でく, alternate kun'yomi reading of 出久 Izuku, homophonous with 木偶).

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Eijirou Kirishima and Izuku "Deku" Midoriya from the My Hero Academia series.


ShinDeku

Blend of Shinsou (心操) and Deku (でく, alternate kun'yomi reading of 出久 Izuku, homophonous with 木偶).

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Hitoshi Shinsou and Izuku "Deku" Midoriya from the My Hero Academia series.


TodoDeku

Blend of [Shouto] Todoroki (轟) and Deku (でく, alternate kun'yomi reading of 出久 Izuku, homophonous with 木偶).

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Shouto Todoroki and Izuku "Deku" Midoriya from the My Hero Academia series.


DekuJirou

Blend of Deku (でく, alternate kun'yomi reading of 出久 Izuku, homophonous with 木偶) and Jirou (耳郎).

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Izuku "Deku" Midoriya and Kyouka Jirou from the My Hero Academia series.

List of My Hero Academia characters#Class 1-a students


DekuMeli

Blend of Deku (でく, alternate kun'yomi reading of 出久 Izuku, homophonous with 木偶) and Melissa.

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Izuku "Deku" Midoriya and Melissa Shield from the My Hero Academia series.


DekuMomo

Blend of Deku (でく, alternate kun'yomi reading of 出久 Izuku, homophonous with 木偶) and Momo (百).

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Izuku "Deku" Midoriya and Momo Yaoyorozu from the My Hero Academia series.


IzuMina

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Izuku Midoriya and Mina Ashido from the My Hero Academia series.


IzuOcha

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Izuku Midoriya and Ochako Uraraka from the My Hero Academia series.


TogaDeku

Blend of Toga (渡我) and Deku (でく, alternate kun'yomi reading of 出久 Izuku, homophonous with 木偶).

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Himiko Toga and Izuku "Deku" Midoriya from the My Hero Academia series.

List of My Hero Academia characters#League of Villains


MidoTsu

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Izuku Midoriya and Tsuyu Asui from the My Hero Academia series.


Green Tea

Calques of Japanese 緑 (みどり midori) and 茶 (お茶 ocha), homonymous to green tea.


ma vương

[maː˧˧ vɨəŋ˧˧]

[maː˧˧ vɨəŋ˧˧]

[maː˧˧ vɨəŋ˧˧]

[maː˧˧ jɨəŋ˧˧]

(Buddhism or modern Japanese fiction) devil king


पोकेमोन

hi-proper noun

पोकेमोन • (pokemon) m or f (Urdu spelling پوکیمون)


Poképhile

3)Which Pokemon would you have sexual intercourse with if you were a Pokephile.

1999 April 5, C. Hanson, “Giving in to the Survey virus.”, in alt.games.final-fantasy.hentai (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-19:

Even if Silly Putty *is* a girl Ditto, what he did is *still* disgusting. I'm not some sort of Poképhile!

2000 February 10, RobfromVoid, “[PW!] A Silly Birthday Party”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-19:

Besides doing it with pokemon is much more fun than doing it with that pokephile. . . wait, I'm doing the same thing. . .

2000 June 20, ChocoZell, “Jenny vs. Team Rocket MSTd”, in alt.games.final-fantasy.hentai (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-19:

he's a pokephile

2000 July 1, pst0kely, “Professor Oak molests pokemon”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-19:

(fandom slang) A person who is sexually attracted to Pokémon.


maidenless

en-adj

maidenless (comparative more maidenless, superlative most maidenless)

more maidenless (comparative)
most maidenless (superlative)

Elden Ring
GamesRadar+
Know Your Meme
Kotaku

From maiden + -less. Popularized by its use in a quotation in the video game Elden Ring, released on February 25, 2022, referring to the "Maiden" guide who allows the player to progress.

big divorce energy ()

psychological state characteristic of a recently-divorced person

You might be maidenless, but this Banished Knight's Greatsword replica from Elden Ring will give you the confidence you need to absolutely slay in all arenas of your life.

2023 February 6, Adam Rothbarth, “The Best Unique Video Game Merch 2023”, in VICE, archived from the original on 2023-03-04:

(Internet slang) Single; lacking a girlfriend.


ラッキースケベ

(manga, fandom slang) event where a young male protagonist accidentally makes intimate contact with a girl or catches an eyeful


anitwt

hi if you're ready to convert to an anime accout^([sic]) I am here to guide u into anitwt

2016 June 1, moved (@ichjmaru), Twitter:

idk its that one side of anitwt that is really ugly the rest of us are just decent people who want to watch anime without being disgusting

2016 December 26, meeb ze dong (@azuraonlyfans), Twitter:

anitwt is THE place to have every anime ridiculously spoiled and yet i still dont have any clue what the fuck that toilet anime is about

2020 October 18, zu has moved accs (@zuxkrul), Twitter:

(fandom slang) The community of anime fans and anime-focused accounts on Twitter.


fujobait

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From fujo (“a female fan of yaoi or slash fiction”) + bait.

compound

thoughts watching yuri on ice: this is the most incredible fujobait and i am biting down on this bait so fucking hard

2016 October 10, med 👽 AX J9 (@daikonhime), Twitter:

anime companies at their board meetings trying to decide which sport to base their fujobait anime series next [screenshot of the sport selection menu from Wii Sports Resort]

2021 March 26, Chara (@hunipyons), Twitter:

Friendly reminder that in 2019 the Chinese government commissioned a fujobait anime about Karl Marx

2022 January 27, Lindsey (@lindsey_batdorf), Twitter:

(Japanese fiction, fandom slang) An anime, manga, or other piece of media created to appeal to fujoshi.


fujoshit

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Real talk tho what's with fujoshits and "OOooOH I'm so kinky so sinful I've read and love all the DIRTY THINGS I'M SO HARDCORE" shut up rat

the part i dont get is people consume gay fanart content and as long as they see something they dont like they go AHA THE FUJOSHIT ARE DOING IT AGAIN like oh my god what

2020 May 4, instanttnoodle (@instanttnoodle), Twitter:

This just reminds me of when the fujoshits on here got uppity because mlms were saying “literally most bl content is made by straight girls for straight girls”

2022 July 5, hermes finalfantasy defense force (@cementbones), Twitter:

(fandom slang, vulgar, derogatory) A fujoshi.


代理原稿

代理原稿 (canonical)
dairi genkō (romanization)

[da̠iɾʲi ɡẽ̞ŋko̞ː]

(manga) substitute manuscript, used to fill the spot of another work in an emergency


surprised Pikachu

en-noun

surprised Pikachu (plural surprised Pikachus)

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Some of Broncos Country is left fuming over a start so poor that it is the only team in franchise history that has been this inept, but the rest of us are wearing the surprised Pikachu face.

2019 October 2, James Burky, “Fangio not at fault for foul start to season”, in The Metropolitan, MSU Denver, page 8:

Then without saying so much as a goodbye to Laurie or Steve, who has just arrived at the scene with a surprised-Pikachu look on his face, Will marches toward the exit.

2020, Isla Chiu, Ringing in the Lunar New Year, unnumbered page:

"I don't choose my monsters based on how cute they are, you know."
"You don't?! Really?"
Duh. Why the surprised Pikachu face?

2022, Yuu Tanaka, translated by Yuko C. Shimomoto, A Late-Start Tamer’s Laid-Back Life: Volume 3, unnumbered page:

(Internet slang) Synonym of shocked Pikachu.


Nuzlocke

Nuzlockes (plural)
nuzlock (alternative)

John Locke (Lost)
List of generation III Pokémon#Nuzleaf
Lost (2004 TV series)

Blend of Nuzleaf + Locke. From the title of Nuzlocke Comics, which features a Pokémon, Nuzleaf, drawn to resemble John Locke from Lost as a recurring character.

Here are the rules for a Nuzlocke:
• If a Pokemon faints, it’s dead. You need to release it, store it in a box for the rest of the run, or transfer it to another game. You can’t use it until you’ve successfully become the Pokemon League Champion and completed the Nuzlocke.
• You can only catch the first Pokemon you encounter in each location. This includes caves, towns, routes, and so on - if the area has an official title, it counts as an independent location where you can capture one single Pokemon, provided it’s the first one you come across. If you make it faint or it flees, you can’t catch a new one - no second chances. This doesn’t apply to static encounters, although using Legendary Pokemon is frowned upon. You can catch Shiny Pokemon regardless of the rules, although the consensus on whether or not they’re allowed to be used is widely disputed.

2021 January 8, Cian Maher, “The Nuzlocke Challenge Is The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Classic Pokemon”, in The Gamer, archived from the original on 2022-09-19:

(Pokémon) A self-imposed challenge where the player can only catch the first wild Pokémon encountered in each area, and any caught Pokémon that faints cannot be used again.


power level

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The figurative senses are a reference to the Japanese franchise Dragon Ball, where many characters have "power levels" indicating how powerful they are.

The black and gold paint job is a subtle but still stylish way to hide your power level.

2018 April 3, Sam Rutherford, “MSI's GS65 Stealth Is a Gaming Laptop Made for Adults”, in Gizmodo:

(Internet slang) An interest or specialized knowledge in a subject seen as uncool, especially related to video games and otaku culture.


uniboob

(pornography, anime and manga, sometimes science fiction) A female character with a single breast in the center of the chest.

yksirintainen

pornography: female character with a single breast


Pokédex

Blend of Pokémon + index, adapted from Japanese ポケモン図鑑 (Pokémon Zukan, “Pokémon illustrated encyclopedia”).
The English version was introduced in the dub of the pilot episode of the Pokémon anime, originally aired in September 8, 1998.

der

They're all able to make up new punny names based on their altmode without being told what they turn into--presumably their computers might even recognize the scanned Beast Mode immediately, like a Pokedex; "You've scanned a cheetah. Cheetahs are really fast."

2012 June 5, Onslaught Six, “Does Beast Wars Deserve a Revisit?”, in alt.toys.transformers (Usenet):

Entomologists use catalogues and checklists to record species, such as the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) online database. The ALA includes data like a Pokédex does, including species distribution and collection information.

2021, David Shaw, Jasmine Fellows, Puzzles and Projects, CSIRO PUBLISHING, →ISBN, page 5:

(Pokémon) A fictional electronic encyclopedia with information about Pokémon.

Pokémon (TV series)
Pokémon, I Choose You!


yangire

A common character in chiefly Japanese fiction. It's essentially a yandere without romantic motivations for their acts of violence.


-con

Modeled after lolicon; ultimately from clipping of complex (“abnormal mental condition”).

clip

(chiefly anime and manga) Forming terms for abnormal sexual attractions.


Soulsborne

Blend of souls + bloodborne, after the Dark Souls trilogy and Bloodborne.

SoulsBorne (alternative)
soulsborne (alternative)

As the director of each of the Soulsborne games, Miyazaki is a strong influence on all aspects of the final product, including visual design, gameplay, and narrative content.

2019, “Introduction”, in Matthew Wilhelm Kapell, editor, Narrative Design and Authorship in Bloodborne: An Analysis of the Horror Videogame, page 4:

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice was created by FromSoftware, the developers behind the Soulsborne titles.

2020, James Palmer, "Why did UK games sales drop in 2019?", The Boar (University of Warwick), 13 February 2022, page 32

Sure, “Death's Door” does little to hide its love for both the Zelda and Soulsborne franchises, cramming in dense lore to creepy dungeons filled with puzzles and enemies galore, but it manages to take the best part of these series and form something wholly unique.

2021 July 29, M. Deitz, “Fighting against your death in 'Death's Door'”, in The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan, page 9:

(fandom slang, video games) A loose series of dark fantasy action role-playing video games developed by FromSoftware, generally held as including Demon's Souls (2009), the Dark Souls trilogy (2011-2016), Bloodborne (2015), and Elden Ring (2022).


Soulsborne

en-noun

Soulsborne (countable and uncountable, plural Soulsbornes)

Soulsbornes (plural)
SoulsBorne (alternative)
soulsborne (alternative)

Because FromSoftware's Demon's Souls is the granddaddy of the soulsborne genre, and one of the PlayStation 3's overlooked classics.

2020 October, “Have Your Say: Demon's Soul”, in PlayStation Official Magazine, page 27:

“Blasphemous” is a masterfully crafted game that would entice hardcore fans of Soulsborne and Metroidvania games.

2022, Gabrielle Cabello Torres, "From The International: Video Games From Different Cultures", Mace & Crown (Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA), Spring 2022, page 36

The Soulsborne formula has been imitated countless times but mastered by few apart from FromSoftware, the original pioneers.

2022 December 29, Cameron Rasmusson, “Elden Ring recaptures magic of video game discovery”, in Reader, page 17:

(fandom slang, video games, uncountable) A video game subgenre influenced by this series, characterized by high difficulty, trial-and-error progression, esoteric enemy movesets, environmental storytelling, and complex lore.

Do you have room for another Soulsborne in your life?

2018, "Team Ninja's Nioh 2 is back for more", PlayStation Official Magazine (UK), August 2018, page 11 (image caption)

Diagrammatics allows us to properly think about how something like a “soulsborne” can be created: It is a set of mechanics, modes of storytelling, and player expectations that branch out and proliferate from the original object.

2020, Cameron Kunzelman, "How we deal with dark souls: The aesthetic category as a method", in Hybrid Play: Crossing Boundaries in Game Design, Players Identities and Play Spaces (eds. Adriana de Souza e Silva & Ragan Glover-Rijkse), unnumbered page

Lee confirms it offers the challenge of a soulsborne but with a greater level of flexibility in how you approach that challenge.

2020 December, “Godfall”, in PlayStation Official Magazine, UK, page 56:

(fandom slang, video games, countable) An individual game of this genre.


Truck-kun

What if I was walking across the street when I was summoned, only to be dropped back in front of a speeding truck. Lots of dodgy stories start with Truck-kun, and I don't want mine to end with it.

2022, Dean Henegar, “The Summoned Life”, in Legendary LitRPG: An All Genres LitRPG Anthology, unnumbered page:

While Truck-kun does cause one form of ending—the character is dead in their original world—it's an integral part of the main character's transportation to a new world, one where they can explore, learn, and grow.

2022, Natasha Yglesias, Anime Tarot Deck and Guidebook: Explore the Archetypes, Symbolism, and Magic in Anime, page 29:

So I figure I might as well chuck a "Truck-kun" into my own story too! Gotta get in while the getting's good!!

2023, Shizuki Fujisawa, translated by Cerridwyn Graffham, The Transcendent One-Sided Love of Yoshida the Catch, volume 3, unnumbered page:

(chiefly Japanese fiction, fandom slang, humorous) In the isekai genre, a truck that sets off the plot by hitting the protagonist, transporting them into the fantastical setting (typically by killing them in the real world).


nakige

Borrowed from Japanese 泣きゲー (nakige, “crying game”), a combination of なき (naki, “crying”) and ゲー (gē), a shortening of ゲーム (gēmu, “game”), itself from English game.

Nakige are known for their sense of melancholy. Take 2001's Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (The Eternity You Desire), for example, which was released by eroge label âge, a division of ACID. Soon after high school student Takayuki Narumi falls for his classmate Haruka Suzumiya, she goes into a coma after a car accident. Depressed and shocked, Takayuki develops post-traumatic stress disorder and becomes involved with Haruka's best friend, Mitsuki. "To put it simply, a nakige brings players to tears as they read the in-game text," says [ACID CEO Hirohiko] Yoshida.

2010, Brian Ashcroft, Shoko Ueda, Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential: How Teenage Girls Made a Nation Cool, page 154:

The medium is dominated by nakige, the crying genre, much like how superheroes dominate comics and sitcoms television.

2011 November 10, Alex Mui, “Visual Novels: Unrecognized Narrative Art”, in The Johns Hopkins News-Letter, Johns Hopkins University, page B5:

Utsuge, on the other hand, stands for pretty much the opposite of nakige, aiming to be as depressing an experience as possible.

2019, Robert Ciesla, Game Development with Ren'Py: Introduction to Visual Novel Games Using Ren'Py, TyranoBuilder, and Twine, page 90:

A Japanese visual novel of a genre characterized by melodramatic plots intended to move the player to tears.


utsuge

Borrowed from Japanese 鬱ゲー (utsuge, “depressing game”), a combination of 鬱 (utsu, “melancholy, gloom”) and ゲー (gē), a shortening of ゲーム (gēmu, “game”), itself from English game.

bor

The related genre “utsuge” (“depressing game”), unlike “nakige”, does not typically achieve a happy ending.

2019, Ema Bícová, "Visual Novel and Its Translation", thesis submitted to Palacký University Olomouc, pages 12-13

Nitroplus, the company behind Saya no uta, specializes in utsuge containing body horror, gore, rape, and depression—in short, as scholar Clarisse Thorn puts it, games that are “not ‘fun’ in the way most people think about ‘fun,’ that’s for sure.”

2020, Ana Matilde Sousa, "She's Not Your Waifu; She's an Eldritch Abomination: Saya no uta and Queer Antisociality in Japanese Visual Novels", Mechademia, Volume 13, Number 1, Fall 2020

A Japanese visual novel genre characterized by tragic plots and pervasively bleak tones.


nukige

Borrowed from Japanese 抜(ぬ)きゲー (nukigē), a combination of 抜(ぬ)く (nuku, “to jerk off”, literally “to extract”) and ゲー (gē), a shortening of ゲーム (gēmu, “game”), itself from English game.

ja-r

Eroge is a hugely popular genre of visual novel both from established producers and fan circles, and can be further divided into smaller categories such as nukige (抜きゲ) or ‘jack-off game’, referring to a game that is intended to provide easy access to sex scenes or other erotic material to facilitate masturbation.

2016, Matthew R. Bird, "Eustia of the Tarnished Wings: The Visual Novel in Translation", thesis submitted to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, page 17

As well as the effect of loosening content restrictions, the key point here is that Japanese videogame regulation is fractured by platform multiplicity. Small publishers producing games such as dating sims, visual novels, and ‘nukige’ (masturbation games) cohere to self-regulate, and more serious sexual content is confined to the PC market, dominated by adult consumers.

2019, Catherine Driscoll & Liam Grealy, "In the name of the nation: Media classification, globalisation, and exceptionalism", International Journal of Cultural Studies, Volume 22, Issue 3, May 2009 (link)

Unlike nukige, visual novels that focus primarily on sexual interactions between characters, the focus of eroge is on the story, including more romantic or emotional relationships.

2022, William Schrage, "Hiding Hobbies and Saving Social Lives: About the Representation of Otaku Struggles in Ore no imōto ga konnani kawaii wake ga nai", Mechademia, Volume 14, Number 2, Spring 2022

(video games) A Japanese visual novel genre featuring sexually explicit content for the sole purpose of masturbation or sexual gratification.


instant loss 2koma

en-noun

instant loss 2koma (plural instant loss 2komas)

Partial calque of Japanese 即堕ち2コマ (soku-ochi ni-koma, “instant fall 2-panel”).

pcal

The cereal spitting guy was the original instant loss 2koma

2022 August 17, TripleKyun, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-11-17:

A two-panel comic depicting a character who displays smugness or overconfidence in the first panel, only to be defeated or humiliated in the second.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:instant loss 2koma.

A pornographic variant of this type of comic, in which the losing character is sexually dominated in the second panel.


마법소녀

mabeopsonyeo (romanization)
魔法少女 (hanja)

[ma̠p͈ʌ̹ps͈o̞ɲʌ̹]

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 魔法少女(まほうしょうじょ) (mahō shōjo).

ja-r

魔法少女(まほうしょうじょ) (mahō shōjo)

(manga, anime) magical girl (a girl or young woman with magical abilities and engaged in magical adventures)


アヘアヘ

Expressing a state of panting in an uncontrollable way, usually associated with being ecstatic due to sexually indecent acts.


majokko

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 魔女っ子 (majokko), composed of 魔女 (“witch”) + っ子 (“person having a certain quality”, also diminutive suffix).
This term is sometimes also glossed in English as “little witch”, the word 子 (ko) meaning “child” or “small”.

affix

The viewer is normally treated to the transformation from the point of view of the majokko herself - the other people around her basically would see a "flash of light" and (poof!) she's changed.

1999 July 13, Animeg3282, “The magical girl thread”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):


мангака

ru-noun+

манга́ка • (mangáka) m anim (genitive манга́ки, nominative plural манга́ки, genitive plural манга́к)

манга́ка (canonical)
mangáka (romanization)
манга́ки (genitive)
манга́ки (nominative plural)
манга́к (genitive plural)
манга́ка (nominative singular)
манга́ки (nominative plural)
манга́ки (genitive singular)
манга́к (genitive plural)
манга́ке (dative singular)
манга́кам (dative plural)
манга́ку (accusative singular)
манга́к (accusative plural)
манга́кой (instrumental singular)
манга́кою (instrumental singular)
манга́ками (instrumental plural)
манга́ке (prepositional singular)
манга́ках (plural prepositional)

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画家(まんがか) (mangaka).

A mangaka; a professional manga or anime artist.


Pokémon-esque

en-adj

Pokémon-esque or Pokémon-esque (comparative more Pokémon-esque, superlative most Pokémon-esque)

Pokémon-esque (canonical)
more Pokémon-esque (comparative)
most Pokémon-esque (superlative)
Pokémonesque (alternative)

Haddock’s online project, titled “Screenshots”(whitelead.com/jrh/screenshots), uses the poppy, Pokémon-esque style of kiddie computer games to re-create some of the most incendiary scenes in recent memory (the Columbine killers in the cafeteria, the Rodney King beating, Elián and the feds).

While old-school fans might believe that the whole Armada setting manages to desecrate our fond childhood memories of the original series by changing virtually everything (‘Megatron, a tank? That’s rubbish!’), Transformers turns this negative into a pretty convincing positive thanks to those damn Minicons – the small and almost Pokémon[-]esque robots that seem to be so important to today’s transforming machine.

2004, “Transformers”, in GamesTM, →ISSN, page 084:

Cards, collected around the map, are used to send Pokémon-esque monsters into battle.

2007 June, “Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales”, in Edge, page 92:

Fantastical beasties from authentic Celtic lore serve as Pokémon'''-esque companions on the duo’s intertwining quest, so the monster-wrangling is both addicting and educational here.

2007 December, A. Fitch, “Folklore”, in Electronic Gaming Monthly, number 222, page 110:

Did you know that the world is absolutely teeming with tiny monsters that are invisible to the naked eye? Oh, it’s totally true. Fortunately, a Sony scientist recently discovered that the PSP camera can detect these Pokémon-esque creatures just fine.

2009 September, PlayStation: The Official Magazine, page 48:

Ari played a Pokémon-esque character in our musical performance.

2016, Aaron Feinstein, “We Don’t Want to Fit in: A Reflection on the Revolutionary Inclusive Theater Practices of The Miracle Project and Actionplay for Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum”, in Peter Smagorinsky, editor, Creativity and Community among Autism-Spectrum Youth: Creating Positive Social Updrafts through Play and Performance (Palgrave Studies In Play, Performance, Learning, and Development), Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 140:

Their take on the way Techodes work reminds of a Pokémon'''-esque feel to a mecha-centered story.

2018, Chris Stuckmann, Anime Impact: The Movies and Shows That Changed the World of Japanese Animation, Mango Publishing, →ISBN:

It was a business success the likes of which Nintendo had never dreamed—not at first, anyway—but it was also something more: a truly Pokémon'''-esque moment, in which Japan the nation evolved into Japan the fantasy superpower.

2020, Matt Alt, Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World, New York, N.Y.: Crown, published 2021, →ISBN, page 226:

In Japan, it had to settle for the silver medal, with the top spot occupied by a Yu-Gi-Oh! game, one that used Pokémon'''-esque tactics to propel its record breaking to boot.

2022, Daniel Dockery, Monster Kids: How Pokémon Taught a Generation to Catch Them All, Running Press, →ISBN:

If you put a million hungry ants in a glass cube with one human, who’s more likely to walk out alive? —Eric Bowman / Everyone always assumes that if you put two animals together like this, they’ll battle to the death, which is a very Pokémon-esque view of biology.

2022, Randall Munroe, What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, Riverhead Books, →ISBN, pages 135–136:

Resembling or characteristic of the Pokémon franchise or the creatures featured in it.


CGDCT

cute girls doing cute things
cute girls doing cute things#English

(anime) Initialism of cute girls doing cute things.


simulpub

en-verb

simulpub (third-person singular simple present simulpubs, present participle simulpubbing, simple past and past participle simulpubbed)

simulpubs (present singular third-person)
simulpubbing (participle present)
simulpubbed (participle past)
simulpubbed (past)

Probably a blend of simulcast + publish.

To simultaneously publish manga in multiple markets.


visuell roman

Calque of English visual novel, from Japanese ビジュアルノベル (bijuaru noberu), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) from English visual + novel.


lättroman

lättroman (indefinite nominative singular)
lättromans (genitive indefinite singular)
lättromanen (definite nominative singular)
lättromanens (definite genitive singular)
lättromaner (indefinite nominative plural)
lättromaners (genitive indefinite plural)
lättromanerna (definite nominative plural)
lättromanernas (definite genitive plural)

From lätt + roman. Calque of English light novel, from Japanese ライトノベル (raito noberu), itself from English light + novel.


DBZ

This is an RPG experience DBZ fans must have, but even if you've never seen DBZ, it's still an interesting game due to the unique fighting scenes and the ability to fly around the map.

1993 April, “Dragon Ball Z”, in GameFan, page 89:

If you’re a DBZ fanatic, the release of Dead Zone (and the announcement of two more DBZ movies coming soon to DVD) is reason enough to purchase a player.

1998, Shidoshi, Dragon Ball Z the Movie: Dead Zone review, GameFan, April 1998, page 89

Even in Japan, there has been no weakening of DBZ mania, despite the fact that it's almost nine years since the series ended.

2004, Satoshi Ikeda, Martin Foster, The Dragon Ball Z Legend: The Quest Continues, page 12:

(fandom slang) Initialism of Dragon Ball Z.


DDLC

Doki Doki Literature Club!
w:Doki Doki Literature Club!

(video games) Initialism of Doki Doki Literature Club!.


トゥンク

(manga) Onomatopoeia for getting butterflies in one's stomach in reaction to something.


яойщик

ru-noun+

яо́йщик • (jaójščik) m anim (genitive яо́йщика, nominative plural яо́йщики, genitive plural яо́йщиков)

яо́йщик (canonical)
jaójščik (romanization)
яо́йщика (genitive)
яо́йщики (nominative plural)
яо́йщиков (genitive plural)
яо́йщик (nominative singular)
яо́йщики (nominative plural)
яо́йщика (genitive singular)
яо́йщиков (genitive plural)
яо́йщику (dative singular)
яо́йщикам (dative plural)
яо́йщика (accusative singular)
яо́йщиков (accusative plural)
яо́йщиком (instrumental singular)
яо́йщиками (instrumental plural)
яо́йщике (prepositional singular)
яо́йщиках (plural prepositional)


japanimation

japanimations (plural)
Japanimation (alternative)
Japonimation (alternative)
japonimation (alternative)

(anime) Japanimation
anime: Synonym of animé m


YNFG

(video games, fandom slang) Initialism of Yume Nikki fangame.


brocon

en-noun

brocon (countable and uncountable, plural brocons)

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Borrowed from Japanese ブラコン (burakon), from ブラザーコンプレックス (burazā konpurekkusu), itself borrowed from English brother complex. By surface analysis, bro (“brother”) + -con (“abnormal sexual attraction”).

ja-r

ブラザー コンプレックス

surf

Heck, it's not too hard to find incest themes in non-H these days. Bro/Siscon relationships date back even before the seminal "Revolutionar [sic] Girl Utena", and still crop up in today's harem styled shows like "Sister Princess", and the still hilarious "Majikano".

2006 March 26, Abraham Evangelista, “Re:Protecting the Children at anime cons”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

(Japanese fiction, uncountable) Strong attachment or attraction to one's own brother.

(Japanese fiction, countable) A person with such an attachment or attraction.


Mangaka

de-noun

Mangaka m (strong, genitive Mangakas, plural Mangaka or Mangakas)

Mangakas (genitive)
Mangaka (plural)
Mangakas (plural)
Mangaka (nominative singular)
Mangaka (definite nominative plural)
Mangakas (definite nominative plural)
Mangakas (genitive singular)
Mangaka (definite genitive plural)
Mangakas (definite genitive plural)
Mangaka (dative singular)
Mangaka (dative definite plural)
Mangakas (dative definite plural)
Mangaka (accusative singular)
Mangaka (accusative definite plural)
Mangakas (accusative definite plural)
Manga-ka (alternative)

(comics) mangaka (professional manga or anime artist)


manime

en-noun

manime (countable and uncountable, plural manime or manimes)

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Coordinate term: tranime

No teacups or "uguu~~~s" here. This panel is pure MANIME!

2015, Neito, “Archived copy”, in Anime Boston, archived from the original on 2023-11-16:

By MANime I mean Yu Yu Hakusho, OG Yu-Gi-Oh!, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
 Gettin' tired of seeing all these grown-ass men buying $200 upskirt figures of high school girls. Gettin' real tired of it.

2013 October 21, Macklemost, “Does anyone here prefer MANime and MANga to the usual crap you see?”, in GameFAQs:

Love and emotions and stuff can be a part of a Manime. Look at Hokuto no Ken if you've ever seen it.

2011 January 12, Ready Start L_Arc, “Manime- Anime for MEN”, in Neoseeker Forums:

(anime, frequently 4chan) Anime that is manly.