ML

en-noun

ML (countable and uncountable, plural MLs)

(slang, manga, anime) Abbreviation of male lead.


FL

FLs (plural)
effell (alternative)
Fl (alternative)

(slang, manga, anime) Abbreviation of female lead.


clean

en-verb

clean (third-person singular simple present cleans, present participle cleaning, simple past and past participle cleaned)

cleans (present singular third-person)
cleaning (participle present)
cleaned (participle past)
cleaned (past)

From Middle English clene, clane, from Old English clǣne (“clean, pure”), from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *glēy- (“gleaming”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to gleam”). Cognate with Scots clean (“absolute, pure, clear, empty”) and clene, clane (“clean”), North Frisian klien (“small”), West Frisian klien (“small”), klean (“clean”), Dutch klein (“small”), Low German kleen (“small”), German klein (“small”), Swedish klen (“weak, feeble, delicate”), Icelandic klénn (“poor, feeble, petty, snug, puny, cheesy, lame”).

cog

(manga fandom slang) To purge a raw of any blemishes caused by the scanning process such as brown tinting and poor color contrast.


-sama

(anime and manga, fandom slang) Appended to a person's name or nickname to convey honour and respect.


doujinshi

en-noun

doujinshi (countable and uncountable, plural doujinshi or doujinshis)

doujinshi (plural)
doujinshis (plural)
dojinshi (alternative)
dōjinshi (alternative)

Borrowed from Japanese 同(どう)人(じん)誌(し) (dōjinshi, “fan-produced manga or essay booklets”), from 同(どう)人(じん) (dōjin, “group for the same interest”) + 誌(し) (shi, “magazine or a pamphlet”).

ja-r

(manga) A fan-produced book or magazine of Japanese fiction; especially manga.


齣

齣 (canonical)
齣 (canonical)
koma (romanization)

Probably cognate with 小間, 細 (koma, “small; a small piece of something”).

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


If you want to take this boy on, do it on the Go board. I'll teach him a lesson. Play a game! ♡

2004, Hikaru no Go volume #2 (English release), Viz, page 14

(manga) An emoticon indicating a smooth tone of voice, implying happiness, love, lust.


raw

From Middle English rawe, raw, rau, from Old English hrēaw (“raw, uncooked”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrau, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, *hrēwaz (“raw”), from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw meat, fresh blood”).
Cognate with Scots raw (“raw”), Dutch rauw (“raw”), German roh (“raw”), Swedish rå (“raw”), Icelandic hrár (“raw”), Latin crūdus (“raw, bloody, uncooked”), Irish cró (“blood”), Lithuanian kraujas (“blood”), Russian кровь (krovʹ, “blood”). Related also to Old English hrēow, hrēoh (“rough, fierce, wild, angry, disturbed, troubled, sad, stormy, tempestuous”). More at ree.

der

(manga fandom slang) A scan that has not been cleaned (purged of blemishes arising from the scanning process) and has not been scanlated.

生肉

manga fandom: a scan that has not been cleaned and scanlated


scanlation

en-noun

scanlation (countable and uncountable, plural scanlations)

scanlations (plural)
scanslation (alternative)

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(comics, chiefly manga) The process of scanning and translating foreign-language comics (especially Japanese manga or Korean manhwa) into the translator's language, for free distribution over the Internet.


mai

(anime, manga, fandom slang, Internet slang) Alternative form of my (used in the expressions mai waifu and mai husbando)


shojo

/ˈʃəʊˌd͡ʒəʊ/

/ˈʃoʊˌd͡ʒoʊ/

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From Japanese 少女(しょうじょ) (shōjo, “young woman”).

shōjo (alternative)
shoujo (alternative)

(anime, manga) A style of anime and manga intended for young women.


shojo

en-adj

shojo (comparative more shojo, superlative most shojo)

more shojo (comparative)
most shojo (superlative)
shōjo (alternative)
shoujo (alternative)

/ˈʃəʊˌd͡ʒəʊ/

/ˈʃoʊˌd͡ʒoʊ/

(anime, manga) Being in the style of shōjo manga or anime.


少女

ja-noun

少(しょう)女(じょ) • (shōjo) ^(←せうぢよ (seudyo)?)

少女 (canonical)
shōjo (romanization)
seudyo (romanization)
せうぢよ (hiragana historical)

From Middle Chinese compound 少女 (MC syewX|syewH nrjoX|nrjoH). Compare modern Mandarin 少女 (shàonǚ).

少女歌劇

少女歌劇 しょうじょかげき

a kind of traditional Japanese light drama with no male actors and mostly young girls playing the parts

少女趣味

少女趣味 しょうじょしゅみ

hobbies or interest common to young girls

(anime, manga) a style of anime and manga made for young women, shojo


baka

en-adj

baka (comparative more baka, superlative most baka)

more baka (comparative)
most baka (superlative)

Borrowed from Japanese 馬鹿(ばか) (baka, “stupid”).

(anime manga, fandom slang, endearing) Stupid, silly.


baka

(anime manga, fandom slang, endearing) A foolish person, a dummy, a silly goose.


cunny

en-noun

cunny (countable and uncountable, plural cunnies)

cunnies (plural)
cute and funny (alternative euphemistic)

(countable, fandom slang, chiefly anime and manga) The vulva or vagina of a child or childlike character (loli).

(countable, synecdochically) A child or childlike character, especially when considered sexually attractive; a loli.

(uncountable, metonymic) Lolicon-themed media, especially when erotic (hentai).


kokoro

/ˈkoʊkəˌɹoʊ/

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Borrowed from Japanese 心(こころ) (kokoro, “heart, mind, spirit”).

Fame is for weenies. I'd rather be remembered for inventing a weird guitar effect or a recording technique than becoming famous by a song, unless the song is genuinely from my kokoro.

1992 December 7, Mike, “Re: When Things Go Wrong”, in bit.listserv.allmusic (Usenet), message-ID <ALLMUSIC%92120719125825@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU>:

(fandom slang, chiefly anime and manga) A heart.


chibi

chibi (countable and uncountable, plural chibis)

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Borrowed from Japanese ちび (chibi, “something small; runt, dwarf; pipsqueak”)

bor+

(countable) A child-like character with exaggerated features, particularly in anime.

Since the eyes take up so much room on the chibi face, the head needs to be stretched and, therefore, usually ends up being oval-shaped to accommodate the oval-shaped eyes.

2013, Christopher Hart, Manga for the Beginner:

(uncountable) A style of cartooning in which the characters are drawn to be very small and cute.


genki

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Borrowed from Japanese げんき (“energetic, peppy”).

(anime and manga) A playful, hyperactive girl.


genki

en-adj

genki (comparative more genki, superlative most genki)

more genki (comparative)
most genki (superlative)

Akira, the genki red head, is accosted by Kyouko, a predatory blond girl in her high school.

2009 July 7, Dave Baranyi, “Aoi Hana - Blue Flowers for a Blue Girl”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

(anime and manga, typically of a girl) Playful and hyperactive.


chu

From the Japanese ちゅっ (chu', onomatopoeia).

By the way, isn't it interesting that the Japanese hear the sound "chu" when someone kisses? In the US, we usually say, "smooch," "smack," "smerp," or even "swock." Now, everytime^([sic]) I kiss my husband, I'm listening to hear if it sounds like "chu."

1996 August 12, Kathleen Webb, “Re: Zoicite a guy!!!”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet):

>Eldrick Tobin - Kiss worthiness of sig pending.
<chu!>
Seems fine to me. ^_^

2000 August 4, Fish Eye no Miko [username], “Re: [POLL] Which anime characters could be Ohtori students?”, in alt.fan.utena (Usenet):

movie Akio: [shoots a kiss to himself] Chu! ^.~

2000 August 19, Verthandi, “Re: [META] Ohha! Gally desu!”, in alt.fan.utena (Usenet):

(anime and manga fandom slang) The sound of a kiss.


shonen

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From the Japanese 少年 (shōnen, “few years”).

shōnen (alternative)
shounen (alternative)

(anime, manga) A style of Japanese animation and comics aimed at a younger male audience.


shonen

shonen (comparative more shonen, superlative most shonen)

more shonen (comparative)
most shonen (superlative)
shōnen (alternative)
shounen (alternative)

(anime, manga) Being in the style of shonen comics or animation.


mecha

From Japanese メカ (meka), from an abbreviation of the English mechanical.

Having deprived her of both her mecha and her lover, Masato looks set for a nasty end, but Miku arrives to save him.

1997, Helen McCarthy, The anime movie guide:

A transformation occurs when a mecha character, vehicle, or weapon unfolds and reassembles itself in a totally new form.

2002, Christopher Hart, Anime mania: how to draw characters for Japanese animation:

Porco Rosso evinces a deep fascination with mechanical objects of all sorts but it is by no means a mecha movie...

2006, Dani Cavallaro, The animé art of Hayao Miyazaki:

Each week the good guys fight the bad guys and vanquish them in a mecha battle, only to have the bad guys reappear intact the following week.

2007, Frenchy Lunning, Mechademia 2: Networks of Desire:

[…] to be a “lifter”—to pilot a mecha that can also transform into an air board […]

2007, Robin E. Brenner, Understanding manga and anime, page 170:

In this section, I show you mechas that are large enough to be piloted by humans from the inside. Although most of them are designed for combat, some function as transportation or construction mechas.

2011, Kensuke Okabayashi, Manga For Dummies, page 275:

(anime, manga) A large armoured robot on legs, typically controlled by a pilot seated inside.


senpai

senpais (plural)
senpai (plural)
sempai (alternative)

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Borrowed from Japanese 先(せん)輩(ぱい) (senpai). Doublet of sunbae.

(anime and manga, fandom slang) An upperclassman or elder student, in the context of Japan.


kohai

kohais (plural)
kohai (plural)
kōhai (alternative)
kouhai (alternative)

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Borrowed from Japanese 後(こう)輩(はい) (kōhai, literally “later cohort”). Doublet of hoobae.

ja-r

(anime and manga, fandom slang) An underclassman or younger student.


霊気

ja-noun

霊(れい)気(き) or 霊(れい)気(ぎ) or 霊(りょう)気(げ) • (reiki or reigi or ryōge) ^(←りやうげ (ryauge)?)

霊気 (canonical)
霊気 (canonical)
霊気 (canonical)
reiki (romanization)
reigi (romanization)
ryōge (romanization)
ryauge (romanization)
りやうげ (hiragana historical)

(anime, manga) qi or life-force, spiritual power or energy


меха

ru-noun+

ме́ха • (méxa) f inan (genitive ме́хи, nominative plural ме́хи, genitive plural мех)

ме́ха (canonical)
méxa (romanization)
ме́хи (genitive)
ме́хи (nominative plural)
мех (genitive plural)
ме́ха (nominative singular)
ме́хи (nominative plural)
ме́хи (genitive singular)
ме́х (genitive plural)
ме́хе (dative singular)
ме́хам (dative plural)
ме́ху (accusative singular)
ме́хи (accusative plural)
ме́хой (instrumental singular)
ме́хою (instrumental singular)
ме́хами (instrumental plural)
ме́хе (prepositional singular)
ме́хах (plural prepositional)


omake

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Borrowed from Japanese お負け (omake, “extra, bonus”).

(manga) Additional material to the main series added to the tankobon edition of a manga.


superdeformed

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(anime, manga) Alternative form of super deformed (“drawn in an exaggerated way, typically small and chubby, with stubby limbs and oversized heads”).


imouto

::laughs:: it's ok. Josh only tolerates it becuase ^([sic]) I'm his imouto and am only joking.

1999 January 10, Animeg3282, “Recent flow of posters from AFSM to AGFF and vice versa...”, in alt.games.final-fantasy (Usenet):

The mirror was going to take you, just like it - like it almost took Mom, and Dad, and imouto. I couldn't let it take you... I love you, onee-san. Please, can you ever forgive me?

1999 July 13, Vctr113062, “[TK3 fanfic] "Phoenix" Ch. 19, 2/4”, in alt.games.video.sony-playstation (Usenet):

Second, why do all the girls correspond so well to accepted anime character archetypes? (We have at the least, Triela the tsundere, Claes the incho, Rico the bokke, Angelica as the sick girl, and Henrietta the imouto.)

2007 February 1, Abraham Evangelista, “10 Year Retrospective - My Least Favorites”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

I have to say I didn't have trouble with the cannon fodder, although the imouto is *extremely* annoying and needs a good spanking. She's too old to be acting like a brat.

2011 January 30, Captain Nerd, “Jan '11 New Anime series - my thoughts thru 3 eps”, in rec.arts.anim.misc (Usenet):

I mean, an utilitarian analysis, knowing in hindsight that little imoutos are the best thing that can happen to any anime lover, would clearly have revealed that her constantly kicking my balls when we were small enough to share a bath tub was not to be mistaken for ill intent, and that her nagging about my bicycle riding style when I carried her on the back seat was just natural

2015 September 20, pataphor, “Bantu versus Baby5: A critique of utilitarianism”, in alt.angst (Usenet):

(anime and manga slang) A little sister.


けっかい

(manga, anime) on a small scale, meaning a projected energy barrier, force field, or shield; and on a larger scale, meaning a pocket universe, spiritual or otherwise


Pikachu

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


Pikachu

Borrowed from English Pikachu, from Japanese ピカチュウ (Pikachū).

(ACG, video games, anime, manga) Pikachu


萌え

→ Chinese:

Mandarin: 萌 (méng, “moe”)

→ English: moe, moé

→ Korean: 모에 (mo'e, “moe”)

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 萌える (moeru, “to bud, sprout; be aroused”).
The "feelings of affection towards a fictional character" sense likely first appeared in the early 1990s.

(anime, manga slang) moe: feelings of affection towards a fictional character


魔法少女

ㄇㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄩˇ

ㄇㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄩˇ

/mu̯ɔ³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɔː⁵⁵ faːt̚³ siːu̯³³ nɵy̯¹³/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lu⁵⁵⁴/

/mɔ̃¹³⁻²² huat̚³²⁻⁵ siau²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau¹¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/

/mɔ̃²³⁻³³ huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau²¹⁻⁴¹ lu⁴¹/

/mu̯ɔ³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɔː⁵⁵ faːt̚³ siːu̯³³ nɵy̯¹³/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lu⁵⁵⁴/

/mɔ̃¹³⁻²² huat̚³²⁻⁵ siau²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau¹¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/

/mɔ̃²³⁻³³ huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau²¹⁻⁴¹ lu⁴¹/

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 魔(ま)法(ほう)少(しょう)女(じょ) (mahō shōjo, “magical girl”). Doublet of 馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ).

ja-r

ま%ほう %しょう%じょ

wasei kango

ま%ほう %しょう%じょ

zh-l

馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ)

《魔法少女小圓》

《魔法少女小圆》

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


魔法少女

ja-noun

魔(ま)法(ほう)少(しょう)女(じょ) • (mahō shōjo) ^(←まはふせうぢよ (mafafuseudyo)?)

魔法少女 (canonical)
mahō shōjo (romanization)
mafafuseudyo (romanization)
まはふせうぢよ (hiragana historical)

→ Chinese:

zh-l

馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ)

Mandarin: 馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ)

魔法少女 (mófǎ shàonǚ)

Mandarin: 魔法少女 (mófǎ shàonǚ)

→ Korean: 마법소녀(魔法少女) (mabeopsonyeo)

→ English: magical girl (calque)

From 魔法(まほう) (mahō) + 少女(しょうじょ) (shōjo).


半妖

(anime, manga) half-human, half-demon(?) characters; often due to one parent being human and the other being demon


仙法

仙術: a specific technique of mystical sagehood

(fantasy, manga) magic, spellcraft, witchcraft, wizardry, sorcery


newhalf

newhalfs (plural)
newhalves (plural)
new half (alternative)

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Calque of Japanese ニューハーフ (nyūhāfu, “new half”). ニューハーフ is wasei eigo, from English.

calque

(anime, manga, slang) A character with a female body but only male genitals.


(anime, manga) Represents anger or frustration on a person's face.


アンソロジー

[ã̠ɰ̃so̞ɾo̞ʑiː]

(manga, specifically) official fan work collection


少年愛

ja:少年愛
ja:少年愛 (少女漫画)

少年愛 (canonical)
shōnen'ai (romanization)

[ɕo̞ːnẽ̞ɰ̃a̠i]

少(しょう)年(ねん) (shōnen, “boy”) + 愛(あい) (ai, “love”)

ja-compound

(manga) yaoi, boy's love, shounen ai (a subgenre of manga depicting love affairs between young men or boys)


単眼

→ English: monoeye (calque)

沢山お待たせしました！💦 単眼のみなさんいっぱい描けて満足まんぞく…🥰

2021 October 29, でん子[translit?] (@denko_ch), Twitter:

(chiefly anime and manga) monoeye, cyclops girl


ネーム

ja-noun

ネーム • (nēmu)

2009 January 10, Tsugumi Ohba with Obata, Takeshi, “３(さん)ページ ペンとネーム [Page 3: Pen and Storyboard]”, in BAKUMAN(バクマン)。 [BAKUMAN.], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 104:

It’s basically a rough sketch for manga. First you make one and show it to the editor, and only if it’s okayed can you go ahead with the draft. You may have to do it over a couple of times till it gets okayed. Though good manga artists can just pass with the storyboard alone.

マンガの下描きみたいなもん まずこれを描いて編集者に見せてＯＫが出たら初めて原稿にできる ＯＫが出るまでは何度でも描き直し もっともネームで見せていいのはマンガ家としての才能を認められた奴な

Manga no shitagaki mitai na mon Mazu kore o kaite henshūsha ni misete ōkē ga detara hajimete genkō ni dekiru ōkē ga deru made wa nando demo kakinaoshi Motto mo nēmu de misete ii no wa mangaka toshite no sainō o mitomerareta yatsu na

(manga) a manga storyboard, focusing on the words in the speech or thought bubbles to help determine the drawing and frame layout


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


nani

Nani the hell?


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.


starry eyes

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


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.


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)


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.


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


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)


下忍

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


פיקאצ׳ו

he-proper noun

פיקאצ׳ו • (píkachu)

(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)


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.


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”)


hyaa

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


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


カァ

ja-pos

カァ or かぁ • (kā)

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

(manga) Onomatopoeia for embarrassed blushing.


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


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.


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

ja-verb-suru

コミック化(か)する • (komikku-ka suru) suru (stem コミック化(か)し (komikku-ka shi), past コミック化(か)した (komikku-ka shita))

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


クリンナップ

[kɯ̟ɾʲĩnːa̠p̚pɯ̟]

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


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.


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


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


-con

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

clip

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


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)


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):


トゥンク

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


あ゙

agh! argh! (an expression of horror, disgust or frustration)

aah! (an expression of intense pleasure or excitement)

A letter to transcribe Arabic ع representing the voiced pharyngeal fricative sound /ʕ/.


yaoici

head

yaoici (definite accusative yaoiciyi, plural yaoiciler)

yaoiciyi (accusative definite)
yaoiciler (plural)
yaoici (nominative singular)
yaoiciler (nominative plural)
yaoiciyi (accusative definite singular)
yaoicileri (accusative definite plural)
yaoiciye (dative singular)
yaoicilere (dative plural)
yaoicide (locative singular)
yaoicilerde (locative plural)
yaoiciden (ablative singular)
yaoicilerden (ablative plural)
yaoicinin (genitive singular)
yaoicilerin (genitive plural)
yaoicim (first-person nominative singular)
yaoicilerim (first-person nominative singular)
yaoicin (nominative second-person singular)
yaoicilerin (nominative second-person singular)
yaoicisi (nominative singular third-person)
yaoicileri (nominative singular third-person)
yaoicimiz (first-person nominative plural)
yaoicilerimiz (first-person nominative plural)
yaoiciniz (nominative plural second-person)
yaoicileriniz (nominative plural second-person)
yaoicileri (nominative plural third-person)
yaoicimi (accusative definite first-person singular)
yaoicilerimi (accusative definite first-person singular)
yaoicini (accusative definite second-person singular)
yaoicilerini (accusative definite second-person singular)
yaoicisini (accusative definite singular third-person)
yaoicilerini (accusative definite singular third-person)
yaoicimizi (accusative definite first-person plural)
yaoicilerimizi (accusative definite first-person plural)
yaoicinizi (accusative definite plural second-person)
yaoicilerinizi (accusative definite plural second-person)
yaoicilerini (accusative definite plural third-person)
yaoicime (dative first-person singular)
yaoicilerime (dative first-person singular)
yaoicine (dative second-person singular)
yaoicilerine (dative second-person singular)
yaoicisine (dative singular third-person)
yaoicilerine (dative singular third-person)
yaoicimize (dative first-person plural)
yaoicilerimize (dative first-person plural)
yaoicinize (dative plural second-person)
yaoicilerinize (dative plural second-person)
yaoicilerine (dative plural third-person)
yaoicimde (first-person locative singular)
yaoicilerimde (first-person locative singular)
yaoicinde (locative second-person singular)
yaoicilerinde (locative second-person singular)
yaoicisinde (locative singular third-person)
yaoicilerinde (locative singular third-person)
yaoicimizde (first-person locative plural)
yaoicilerimizde (first-person locative plural)
yaoicinizde (locative plural second-person)
yaoicilerinizde (locative plural second-person)
yaoicilerinde (locative plural third-person)
yaoicimden (ablative first-person singular)
yaoicilerimden (ablative first-person singular)
yaoicinden (ablative second-person singular)
yaoicilerinden (ablative second-person singular)
yaoicisinden (ablative singular third-person)
yaoicilerinden (ablative singular third-person)
yaoicimizden (ablative first-person plural)
yaoicilerimizden (ablative first-person plural)
yaoicinizden (ablative plural second-person)
yaoicilerinizden (ablative plural second-person)
yaoicilerinden (ablative plural third-person)
yaoicimin (first-person genitive singular)
yaoicilerimin (first-person genitive singular)
yaoicinin (genitive second-person singular)
yaoicilerinin (genitive second-person singular)
yaoicisinin (genitive singular third-person)
yaoicilerinin (genitive singular third-person)
yaoicimizin (first-person genitive plural)
yaoicilerimizin (first-person genitive plural)
yaoicinizin (genitive plural second-person)
yaoicilerinizin (genitive plural second-person)
yaoicilerinin (genitive plural third-person)
yaoiciyim (first-person singular)
yaoicilerim (first-person singular)
yaoicisin (second-person singular)
yaoicilersin (second-person singular)
yaoici (singular third-person)
yaoicidir (singular third-person)
yaoiciler (singular third-person)
yaoicilerdir (singular third-person)
yaoiciyiz (first-person plural)
yaoicileriz (first-person plural)
yaoicisiniz (plural second-person)
yaoicilersiniz (plural second-person)
yaoiciler (plural third-person)
yaoicilerdir (plural third-person)

/jɑˈoiˌd͡ʒɪ/

[jɑˈo̞.iˌd͡ʒɪ]

O kız tam bi' yaoici

(anime, manga, slang) a person who likes or addicted to yaoi.


fwip

(chiefly manga) A generic sound for movement, or for something appearing.


dị giới

[zi˧˨ʔ zəːj˧˦]

[jɪj˨˩ʔ jəːj˨˩˦]

[jɪj˨˩˨ jəːj˦˥]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 異 (“different”) and 界 (“world”), clipping of dị thế giới.

vi-etym-sino

(neologism, manga, anime, Chinese fiction) an isekai


dị thế giới

[zi˧˨ʔ tʰe˧˦ zəːj˧˦]

[jɪj˨˩ʔ tʰej˨˩˦ jəːj˨˩˦]

[jɪj˨˩˨ tʰej˦˥ jəːj˦˥]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 異世界, composed of 異 (“different”) and 世界 (“world”), from Japanese 異世界 (isekai).

(manga, anime, Chinese fiction) synonym of dị giới (“an isekai”)


kyaa

(chiefly manga) An expression of surprise or dismay.


チャッ

チャッ (canonical)
ちゃっ (canonical)
cha' (romanization)

(chiefly manga) A sharp metallic sound, such as a blade being unsheathed.


guionazo

¿Lo de Bakugo es un “guionazo”?, tal vez. Pero también hemos de tomar en cuenta que en esta guerra, todos los héroes profesionales están siendo testigos de cómo su inacción causó una gran catástrofe y ahora le está costando la vida a unos niños que no deberían estar viviendo una situación tan terrible, lo cual los lleva a incluso sacrificar sus vidas para rescatar la vida y el futuro de un joven estudiante.

2022 August 30, ““My Hero Academia”, manga 364: fanáticos discuten por el posible regreso de Bakugo”, in La República, archived from the original on 2024-05-07:

2023 June 20, Chirumiru, “Japoneses critican que hubo un ‘guionazo’ en Kimetsu no Yaiba”, in Kudasai, archived from the original on 2024-05-07:

En eso de los guionazos te doy toda la razón, es un sinsentido, pero para mí pesa más el personaje de obito niño o cuando era Tobi (antes de que le rompieran la máscara) que lo de después, que ya te digo que lo de que se vuelva bueno es una cagada,[…]

2024 January 10, @ismavader_14, Threads, archived from the original on 2024-05-07:

(fandom slang, chiefly manga, anime) a deus ex machina; a narrative decision that resolves a conflict at the expense of logical consistency or narrative coherence; a conflict resolution that leads to a plot hole; a contrived plot resolution.


harem ending

(manga, manhwa) The ending of a hentai or pornhwa in which the protagonist ends up partnered with all or several of the potential love interests encountered in the story.


uwaa

uwa (alternative)
uwah (alternative)
uwaaa (alternative)
uwaah (alternative)

(manga) Whoa! Wow! An exclamation of shock.


센빠이

Borrowed from Japanese 先(せん)輩(ぱい) (senpai). Doublet of 선배(先輩) (seonbae).

(anime and manga, fandom slang) senpai (upperclassman or elder student, in the context of Japan)


이세계

Sino-Korean word from 異世界 (“world”). Borrowed from Japanese 異世界.


치비

chibi (a child-like character with exaggerated features, particularly in anime)

chibi (a style of cartooning in which the characters are drawn to be very small and cute)


super deformed

Borrowed from Japanese スーパーデフォルメ (sūpādeforume), from スーパー (sūpā, “super-”) + デフォルメ (deforume, “stylistic distortion”).

ja-r

superdeformed (alternative)
SD (alternative)

(anime, manga) In Japanese caricature, drawn in an exaggerated way, typically small and chubby, with stubby limbs and oversized heads.


Arceism

Beyond those holidays, Arceism should be celebrated by one's own interpretation.

Arceus is ironically worshipped within the Pokémon community, as in the Facebook Page “Arceism” naming a fictional religion centered around it [6].

2023, Suraj Sood, “The Augmented Cognition of Religion and Spirituality in Media”, in Augmented Cognition:

In mainstream Arceism, Arceus is regarded as the creator of all Pokemon, Ghost-types included.

2024 November 28, ElSquibbonator, Reddit:

new religious movement
new religious movement

(fandom slang, video games, anime, manga) A parody religion or new religious movement based on the Pokémon franchise, centered on the veneration of Arceus, a creator deity in the canon of the series.


monster girl

Calque of Japanese モンスター娘 (monsutā musume).

calque

(anime and manga) A fictional female character who shares visual traits with a monster.

monstermeisje

fictional female character with monster traits


monster boy

Gender inversion of monster girl, which is a calque of Japanese モンスター娘 (monsutā musume).

(anime and manga) A fictional male character who shares visual traits with a monster.

hirviöpoika

fictional male character with monster traits


モンスター娘

モンスター娘 (canonical)
monsutā musume (romanization)

→ English: monster girl (calque)


上忍

[d͡ʑo̞ːɲ̟ĩɴ]