seme

Borrowed from Japanese 攻め (seme), derived from the verb 攻める (semeru, “to attack”).

[…] BL manga readers chose intelligence, protectiveness, and beauty/handsomeness as the top three most important traits in a seme […]

2008, Dru Pagliassotti, “Better Than Romance? Japanese BL Manga and the Subgenre of Male/Male Romantic Fiction”, in Antonia Levi, Mark McHarry, Dru Pagliassotti, editors, Boys' Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre, McFarland & Company (2008), →ISBN, page 73:

Sebas has always been the seme.

2010, Pentabu, My Girlfriend's a Geek, volume 1, Yen Press (2012), →ISBN:

The seme is larger, stronger, and more traditionally masculine, while the uke is smaller, weaker, and more feminine.

2011, Robin E. Brenner, Snow Wildsmith, “Love through a DIfferent Lens: Japanese Homoerotic Manga through the Eyes of American Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Other Sexualities Readers”, in Timothy Perper, Martha Cornog, editors, Mangatopia: Essays on Manga and Anime in the Modern World, Libraries Unlimited (2011), →ISBN, page 97:

(Japanese fiction, fandom slang) An active or dominant male character in a same-sex relationship; a top.


RS

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
w:Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.


FL

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


ML

en-noun

ML (countable and uncountable, plural MLs)

(slang, manga, anime) Abbreviation of male 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.


shogun

From Japanese 将軍 (shōgun), itself the short form of 征夷大将軍 (seii taishōgun, literally “general who overcomes the barbarians”), ultimately from Middle Chinese. Doublet of jiangjun.

The third is the Shogun who reygneth at the preſent, and hath rayſed the perſecution (whereof this booke intreateth) againſt the Chriſtians, and he as it ſeemeth is acknowledged as Lord of all the threeſcore and ſix Kingdomes of Iaponia.

1619, W. W. Gent, transl., A briefe relation of the persecution lately made against the Catholike christians, in the Kingdome of Iaponia, devided into two books:

The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.


doujinshi

en-noun

doujinshi (countable and uncountable, plural doujinshi or doujinshis)

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.


harem

en-noun

harem (countable and uncountable, plural harems)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حرم (harem) Turkish harem, from Arabic حَرَم (ḥaram, “something prohibited; sanctuary, women”); and later also from حَرِيم (ḥarīm) with same meaning, both from حَرُمَ (ḥaruma, “be forbidden or unlawful”). Doublet of haram.

der

(uncountable) A genre of anime and manga in which a man is the love interest of three or more women.


anime

en-noun

anime (countable and uncountable, plural anime or animes)

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), itself borrowed from English animation, from Latin animātiō, from animāre.

Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon / 'Cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes / That make me think the wrong thing

1998, “One Week”, performed by Barenaked Ladies:

After three months of successful sales in manga form, it was made into an anime for television.

2005, Peter J. Katzenstein, A World of Regions, page 165:

Usually the manga comes first, though it may be an offshoot of a novel, and an anime may be inspired by a video game.

2005, Joan D. Vinge, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection, page cix:

These anime prepared the way for Otaku no video, a two-part Original Video Animation (OVA).

2006, Thomas LaMarre, edited by Tomiko Yoda and Harry D. Harootunian, Japan After Japan, page 363:

(countable) An animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.


manga

manga (countable and uncountable, plural manga or mangas)

desc

→ Hindi: मांगा (māṅgā), माँगा (māṅgā), मैंगा (maiṅgā)

Black Cat (manga)
Hokusai
manga (disambiguation)

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin 漫畫／漫画 (mànhuà), Korean 만화 (漫畵／漫畫, manhwa). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai. Doublet of manhua and manhwa.

zh-l

漫畫／漫画 (mànhuà)

English speakers are quick to notice the at times incorrect use of English in anime and manga. Many English words are customarily used in standard Japanese speech, and sometimes they are pronounced and employed in a manner quite different from their native use.

2001, Gilles Poitras, “What makes anime unique”, in Anime Essentials: Every Thing a Fan Needs to Know, page 63:

Manga (Japanese comics) are everywhere. Even here in Auckland. One can find various titles in their original versions as well as in Chinese, Korean and English translations.

2007, Yukako Sunaoshi, “Who reads comics? Manga readership among first-generation Asian immigrants in New Zealand”, in Popular Culture, Globalization and Japan, page 94:

Manga-influenced comics by Western authors are frequently sold alongside manga, although in most bookstores the decision is primarily a matter of format and packaging (i.e., whether the book is printed in the compact manga size or the traditionally larger American comic book format).

2012, Jason Thompson, “Introduction”, in Manga: The Complete Guide, page 46:

(countable, comics) A comic originating in Japan.


kappa

It was not quite possible for a kappa to go pale, but this one managed, shrinking partly into its shell.

2013, Laura VanArendonk Baugh, Kitsune-Mochi: Kitsune Tales #2, page 94:

(Japanese mythology) A tortoise-like demon or imp.


PG

Prince George's County
Prince George's County#English


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

(anime fandom slang) A recording or rip of a show that has not been fansubbed.

生肉

anime fandom: a recording or rip that has not been fansubbed

(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)

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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.


World War II

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As students all over the United States knuckle down to learning, the rumble of war drums once more proclaims Mars high man in Europe. Discarding morbid curiosity, every student should consider it vitally necessary to get a general picture of the causes, movements, and possible effects of World War II. The average U. S. citizen's knowledge of World War II will probably decide his role in it.

1939 November 10, “Following The War”, in The Chart, volume I, number 1, Joplin, Missouri: Joplin Junior College, page 4, column 1:

Nothing since the beginning of World War II, a year ago last September, has boosted British morale or given them greater courage to fight on as has this brilliant Libyan campaign.

1941 March, Frederick M. Barrows, “The War in Africa”, in Command and General Staff School Military Review, volume XXI, number 80, →OCLC, page 23, column 1:

If Demandt's essay served as a strident example of the German desire for normalcy, a more subtle example was provided by a brief allohistorical depiction of a Nazi victory in World War II written by German historian Michael Salewski in 1999.

2005 May 23, Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, The World Hitler Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 182:

The tiny island of Tinian was the launch point for American planes carrying atomic bombs to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Now a new runway is being carved from the jungle, just south of World War II ruins inked with mildew.

2023 March 25, Damien Cave, “An Anxious Asia Arms for a War It Hopes to Prevent”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-25:

(history) The war from 1939 to 1945 of the Allied forces, including the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, France, and China, against the Axis Powers, including Germany, Italy, and Japan.

מִלְחֶמֶת הָעוֹלָם הַשְּׁנִיָּה \ מלחמת העולם השנייה

Great Patriotic War

primarily in a Soviet or Russian context


tanuki

Borrowed from Japanese 狸(たぬき) (tanuki, “raccoon dog”).

(Japanese mythology) A folkloric figure in the form of a tanuki, regarded as a shapeshifter and renowned for its enormous scrotum and testicles.


kitsune

(Japanese mythology) A Japanese fox spirit, often but not exclusively female, said to have powers such as shape-shifting, and whose power is symbolized by increase in number of tails.


kamikaze

[ˌkʰɑmɪˈkʰɑːzɪi̯]

Borrowed from Japanese 神風(かみかぜ) (kamikaze, “divine wind”).

One who carries out a suicide attack, especially with an aircraft.

A cocktail made of equal parts vodka, triple sec and lime juice.


kamikaze

en-verb

kamikaze (third-person singular simple present kamikazes, present participle kamikazeing, simple past and past participle kamikazed)

kamikazes (present singular third-person)
kamikazeing (participle present)
kamikazed (participle past)
kamikazed (past)

[ˌkʰɑmɪˈkʰɑːzɪi̯]

(transitive) To destroy (a ship, etc.) in a suicide attack, especially by crashing an aircraft.

(intransitive) To carry out a suicide attack, especially by crashing an aircraft.


hentai

en-noun

hentai (countable and uncountable, plural hentai or hentais)

→ Cebuano: hentai

→ Finnish: hentai

→ French: hentai

→ German: Hentai

→ Indonesian: hentai

→ Italian: hentai

→ Japanese: ヘンタイ (hentai)

→ Korean: 헨타이 (hentai)

→ Polish: hentai

→ Portuguese: hentai

→ Russian: хентай (xentaj)

→ Spanish: hentai

→ Swedish: hentai

→ Tagalog: hentai

→ Ukrainian: хента́й (xentáj)

Pseudo-Japonism, derived from 変態(へんたい) (hentai, “pervert”), short for 変態性欲者(へんたいせいよくしゃ) (hentai seiyoku-sha, literally “person with abnormal sexual desires”).

ja-r

へんたい せいよく-しゃ

There was a hentai video that I saw / I told you about the night that we first made love

2019, “Hentai”, in Cry, performed by Cigarettes After Sex:

X defines adult content as […]
This definition also applies to "AI-generated, photographic or animated content such as cartoons, hentai or anime".

2024 June 5, “Porn now officially allowed on X with safeguards for those under 18”, in Channel News Asia:

A work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily sexual or pornographic art.

hentai

a work of anime that contains sexual art (esp. manga or anime)


mai

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


Narutard

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:Narutard.

(Internet slang, fandom slang, derogatory) An obsessive fan of the Japanese manga series Naruto.


mon

From Japanese 文 (mon). Cognate to wen, mun and van.

The shimonsen or shimon, originally worth four mon, but debased to two mon.

1902, Walter Del Mar, Around the World Through Japan, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., page 136:

(historical) The former currency of Japan until 1870, before the yen.


mon

Clipping of monster, via Japanese モン (mon) in Pokémon, Digimon, etc.

Here they are, the fans voted for them, and here they are, the Mons that can...

2000 November 25, Thomas Conner, “Digimon Top Ten Choice List”, in alt.fan.digimon (Usenet):

When a mon attacks him, he returns the same strike with the world "Reflection" after it, double the original strength.

2003 February 15, sirSTACK, “Digimon #429”, in alt.fan.digimon (Usenet):

And thus did it come to pass that the boy and the two mons, after a brief final discussion began the training.

2011 June 6, Clayton, “PW! - Training Interlude”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet):

(fandom slang) A creature in a video game, usually one which is captured, trained up and used in battles.

Pokemon, digimon and all other merchandised mons, what good parent will disagree with me that those little invading, mind rotting things should be tolerated... those should be illegal, too...

2001 May 27, Travis Anton, “Cigarette Smoke”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet):

And dont buy Pokemon or Digimon or any other bloody Mons or you will never hear the ned^([sic]) of it :-)

2001 May 24, Horace Wachope, “Kids Toys”, in alt.ozdebate (Usenet):

At any rate Digimon was the best mon/collector series we've seen yet, to the point its popularity was prolly bigger here than its marketing.

2003 December 9, tito, “Main difference between anime and U.S. cartoons?”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

(fandom slang) A video game or anime in which catching and battling creatures is an important element.


CV

en-noun

CV (countable and uncountable, plural CVs)

Abbreviation
* (anime, Japanimation): From Japanese CV (CV), from English character+voice
* (aircraft carrier): Initialism of cruiser (“croiseur”) + French voler (“to fly”).

initialism of

(anime) character's voice (“voice actor”)


shogunate

From shogun + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).

af

(historical, Japan) The office or dignity of a shogun.


boing

Onomatopoeic. The “large breasts” sense is reborrowed from Japanese ボイン, in turn from English boing.

A representation of the sound of something bouncing.

(fandom slang, chiefly in the context of anime and comics) Announcing the presence of large, pert breasts, which are bouncy.


boing

→ Japanese: ボイン

→ English: boing

(fandom slang, chiefly in the context of anime and comics) Large breasts.


shojo

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From the Japanese 少女 (shōjo, “young woman”).

(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)

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


legendary

From legend + -ary; from Medieval Latin legendārius. Earlier it was a noun meaning "a collection of legends" (1510s) (Medieval Latin legendārium, Old French legendier), from Latin legenda. In English, both the noun and the adjective first appeared in the 16th century.


baka

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.


H

Coordinate term: M (“Muslim”)

(India, Hinduism, Internet slang) Abbreviation of Hindu; mostly used by Indian Muslim netizens primarily towards Hindutva supporters.


Japanimation

en-noun

Japanimation (countable and uncountable, plural Japanimations)

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(anime, dated) Synonym of anime (“Japanese animated cartoons”).


BW

Pokémon Black and White
w:Pokémon Black and White

(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Black and White.


DP

DP (countable and uncountable, plural DPs)

displaced person
displaced person#English

dynamic programming
dynamic programming#English

(computer science) Initialism of dynamic programming.


DP

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
w:Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.


SS

Pokémon Sword and Shield
w:Pokémon Sword and Shield

(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Sword and Shield.


cunny

cunny (countable and uncountable, plural cunnies)

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


DPP

Pokémon Diamond, Pearl
w:Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

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


bara

Short for barazoku, from Japanese 薔薇族 (barazoku, literally “rose tribe”), the name of Japan's first modern gay men's magazine, named after a post-World War II term for gay men.

bor

(Internet slang) A genre of homoerotic media, usually manga and often pornographic, made by gay men for gay men in Japan.


uke

From Japanese 受け (uke), derived from the verb 受ける (ukeru, “to receive, to get”).

Yaoi uke in fanfics often bear the brunt of stereotypical "negative female characteristics" such as passivity, helplessness, and masochism.

2008, Tan Bee Kee, “Rewriting Gender and Sexuality in English-language Yaoi Fanfiction”, in Antonia Levi, Mark McHarry, Dru Pagliassotti, editors, Boys’ Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 142:

You'd rather have Sebas be an uke?

2010, Pentabu, My Girlfriend’s a Geek, volume 1, Yen Press, published 2012isbn=9780316221801:

Shizuku is so, so, so cute! I love him as an uke so much I can't stand it!

2010, Kyoka Wakatsuki, “Afterword”, in The Selfish Demon King, Digital Manga Publishing, →ISBN:

(Japanese fiction, fandom slang) A passive or submissive male fictional character in a same-sex relationship; a bottom.


STAB

(fandom slang, Pokémon) A 50% damage boost applied when a Pokémon uses a move with the same type as itself (for example, an Electric-type Pokémon using an Electric-type move).


Moonie

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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):

Nope, you're not the only Moonie here. Unfortunately, the US Bandai figures are kinda ugly.

1997 January 3, thewkt [username], “Re: Sailor Moon blow-out at Kay-Bee”, in rec.toys.action-figures (Usenet):

Mike- who has a Sailor Moon webpage up, carries a Sailor Moon wallet and matching coinpurse irl and is just in general a major Moonie.

1998 September 14, Mike Oliva, “OT Sailor Moon”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet):

(fandom slang) A fan of the Japanese manga and anime franchise Sailor Moon.


kokoro

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/ˈkoʊkəˌɹoʊ/

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

en-noun

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.


Shinto

Borrowing from Japanese 神道 (Shintō), from Middle Chinese 神道 (MC zyin dawX, “ways of the gods”), ultimately from Old Chinese 神道 (OC *hlin l'uːʔ, “ways [doings] of Heaven [in matters of fortune or fate]”).

och-l

ways 􂀿doings􂁀 of Heaven 􂀿in matters of fortune or fate􂁀

The number of Shinto deities is very great. The Yengishiki enumerates 3,132 officially recognized shrines, and although the same Gods are reckoned more than once, as being worshipped in different places, still their name is legion.

1905, W.G. Aston, Shinto: The Way of the Gods, page 66:

Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.


Doitsu

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From Japanese ドイツ (Doitsu, “Germany”) with influence from the anime Hetalia: Axis Powers; ultimately from Dutch Duits. Doublet of Dutch and Deutsch.

emTeX is from Eberhard Mattes, I believe a PhD student in Stuttgart, Doitsu.

1992 October 5, Eugene N. Miya, “[l/m 6/5/91] Soc.culture.japan references”, in soc.culture.japan (Usenet):

i'm from doitsu!

2003 March 27, FuNG [username], “icq people from japan?”, in japan.app.icq (Usenet):

How are things in Doitsu?

2008 June 18, mozark [username], “Re: My Whining 2008 Scorecard”, in alt.sports.basketball.nba.la-lakers (Usenet):

List of Hetalia: Axis Powers characters#Germany


genki

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

bor+

(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.


roepiah

The monetary unit issued in Japanese-occupied Netherlands Indies in 1944 and 1945.


yaoi

en-noun

yaoi (countable and uncountable, plural yaoi or yaois)

From Japanese やおい (yaoi), a blend of 山(やま)無(な)し (yama nashi, “no climax”) + 落(お)ち無(な)し (ochi nashi, “no point”) + 意味(いみ)無(な)し (imi nashi, “no meaning”), originally mocking those who criticised early yaoi works for being too focused on sex scenes instead of storylines.

ja-blend

(pornography, anime, manga) A form of hentai involving two or more males in a gay relationship.

ইয়াওই

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


moe

From Japanese 萌え (moe, “budding, sprouting”), imperfective or continuative form of 萌える (moeru, “to burst into bud, to sprout”).

Someone who is pretty or beautiful isn't moe by definition. Moe characters don't always have to be younger girls, but it certainly helps! In fact, moe characters don't even have to be female! As long as they make you feel like you want to hug and protect them, that's enough!

2015 December 9, Jankenpopp, “Top 15 kawaii and moe anime girls”, in My Anime List:

Despite its moe roots and preference for hijinks, Bocchi The Rock is a loving celebration of rock music and the joys of being in a band.

2023 September 5, Trent Murray, “10 Best Anime Like Bocchi The Rock”, in Dual Shockers, Carole and Tuesday:

(fandom slang) Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.

萌

strong interest or attraction towards fictional character


moe

en-adj

moe (comparative more moe or moe-er, superlative most moe or moe-est)

more moe (comparative)
moe-er (comparative)
most moe (superlative)
moe-est (superlative)

(fandom slang) Cute, adorable. (of fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media)


Inari

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The god of harvests, fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, industry, and worldly success.


mangaka

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Borrowed from Japanese 漫(まん)画(が)家(か) (mangaka). Doublet of manhwaga and manhuajia.


Heian

A period of Japanese history lasting from 794 to 1185.


Meiji

From Japanese 明治 (meiji, “enlightened rule”).


satori

Borrowed from Japanese 覚 (satori), from Middle Chinese 覺 (kaewk, “to become aware, awaken to, dawn on”) (modern Mandarin 覺 /觉 (jué); referring to the creature’s mind-reading ability).

der

The Satori appears in [Toriyama] Sekien's Konjyaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki as a hairy, ape-like, mountain-dwelling creature that can read people's minds[…].

2010, Zilia Papp, “Art History Meets Gegegeno Kitaro”, in Anime and Its Roots in Early Japanese Monster Art, Folkstone, Kent: Global Oriental, →ISBN, page 112:

Satori is a ghost that can read people's thoughts and haunts the mountains. The hairy Satori appears in an Edo-period book titled Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki. According to the book, Satori can read people's minds, but will not harm them. Even if a frightened person plans to kill him or her, Satori reads his or her mind and simply runs away before he or she can do any harm.

2023, Masami Kinoshita, “Super Scary Yokai”, in The Japanese Yokai Handbook: A Guide to the Spookiest Ghosts, Demons, Monsters and Evil Creatures from Japanese Folklore, Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, →ISBN, page 29:

This is most likely a type of Yokai called a Satori. They have the ability to read people's minds. And like with Satori, the only way to get rid of them is with a sudden, unexpected attack. […] The ability to read minds is dangerous, but it doesn't give the ability to predict sudden actions.

2023, Kenji Murakami, “Yokai Countermeasures and Weaknesses”, in Zack Davisson, transl., Strange Japanese Yokai: A Guide to the Weird and Wonderful Monsters, Demons and Spirits, North Clarendon, Vt.: Tuttle Publishing, →ISBN, page 89:

(Japanese mythology) A yokai (“supernatural monster”) having the form of a mind-reading monkey-like creature said to dwell in the mountains of the historical Japanese provinces of Hida and Mino (present-day Gifu Prefecture).

覺 /觉

yokai having the form of a mind-reading monkey-like creature


cosplayer

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From Japanese コスプレイヤー (kosupureiyā). Equivalent to cos- + player or cosplay + -er.

The environments and spaces created for and by cosplay provide cosplayers with a variety of spaces for social interactions.

2006, Frenchy Lunning, Mechademia 1: Emerging Worlds of Anime And Manga, page 75:


cosplay

en-noun

cosplay (countable and uncountable, plural cosplays)

Borrowed from Japanese コスプレ (kosupure), which is a clipping of コスチュームプレイ (kosuchūmu purei), from a compound of English costume + play.

كُوسْبْلَاي

subculture centered on dressing as characters

Men, of course, also participate in cosplay and all its attending events, but women make up the greater numbers.

2003, Cosplay Girls: Japan's Live Animation Heroines:

It didn't take long for anime cons and cosplay to become a part of popular culture fandom in the West[…]

2010, Antonia Levi, Mark McHarry, Dru Pagliassotti, Boys' Love Manga, page 5:

(uncountable) The art or practice of costuming oneself as a (usually fictional) character.

Central to the activity of cosplay is elaborate costuming, though some cosplays are enacted using a game system.

2010, Sarah Lynne Bowman, The Functions of Role-playing Games, page 29:

According to a student from France who went to Japan to study Japanese, "Universities in France are like Halloween when otaku students engage in these cosplays. They take Japanese language because of anime, but they see after a few classes that it's hard and not fun. Many drop out" (author interview, 2009).

2010, Anne Cooper-Chen, Cartoon Cultures: The Globalization of Japanese Popular Media, page 121:

Popular cosplays include, for example, characters from the Final Fantasy range of games[…]

2012, Dan Hunter, Ramon Lobato, Megan Richardson, Amateur Media: Social, cultural and legal perspectives:

(countable) A skit or instance of this art or practice.


cosplay

en-verb

cosplay (third-person singular simple present cosplays, present participle cosplaying, simple past and past participle cosplayed)

cosplays (present singular third-person)
cosplaying (participle present)
cosplayed (participle past)
cosplayed (past)

→ Norwegian: cosplay

→ Portuguese: cosplay

→ Russian: коспле́й (kospléj)

→ Spanish: cosplay

→ Thai: คอสเพลย์ (kɔ́ɔs-plee)

→ Ukrainian: коспле́й (kospléj)

She cosplayed at the manga convention.

Senior politicians have cosplayed as train drivers, ambulance workers, Border Force officials – the list goes on.

2022 December 23, Marina Hyde, “Who can doubt the futuristic brilliance of Sunak and co? They’ve given us driverless government”, in The Guardian:

(intransitive) To costume oneself as a character.

She cosplayed Sailor Moon at the manga convention.

(transitive) To costume oneself as (a character).

Why has the Russian Federation decided to cosplay the Nazi Third Reich by attacking the peaceful neighboring state and plunging the region into war?

2022 March 17, Aila Slisco, “Ukrainian UN Ambassador Accuses Russians of Engaging in 'Nazi Cosplay'”, in Newsweek, retrieved 2022-03-18:

On weekends, there was usually a party. Her classmates, free from their wealthy families, cosplayed as struggling intellectuals.

2022, Ling Ma, “Office Hours”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:

[…] turning conservative white men into amateur commandos cosplaying war wherever they liked and the US into a war zone.

2022 May 30, Rebecca Solnit, “US mass shootings will continue until the majority can overrule the minority”, in The Guardian:

Whilst their stability was generally an improvement on earlier German destroyers, as the vessels no longer displayed a strong desire to cosplay as U-boats, the main armament proved to be something of a problem.

2022 August 27, Drachinifel, 2:44 from the start, in Type 1936A / Narvik class - Guide 298, archived from the original on 2022-08-29:

(figurative, often derogatory, transitive) To adopt the behavior and mannerisms of another.


yuri

Borrowed from Japanese 百合(ゆり) (yuri, “lily”), by analogy to 薔薇(バラ) (bara, “rose”), indicating love. See Yuri (genre) § “Terminology and etymology” at Wikipedia.

(slang) A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or sexual relationship between two or more women.

Yuri (genre)
Yuri (genre)#Terminology and etymology

ガールズラブ (gāruzu rabu, literally “girls' love”)

가르즈라부 (gareujeurabu, literally “girls' love”)


shinigami

/ˌʃɪn.ɪˈɡɑːmi/

Borrowing from Japanese 死に神 (shinigami).

(Japanese mythology) A deity and/or personification of death.


SV

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
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(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.


comfort woman

Calque from Japanese 慰(い)安(あん)婦(ふ) (ianfu).

She carefully watches the efforts of Koreans who are suing Japan to get reparations for the comfort women. It was only in 1993 that Japan formally recognized its involvement in the forced prostitution.

1995 September 10, Jane H. Lii, “The Memories of a Comfort Woman”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(idiomatic, historical, euphemistic) A woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces before or during World War II.


otaku

[əʊ̯ˈtʰɑːkʰuː]

[o̞ʊ̯ˈtʰɑkʰu]

From Japanese オタク (otaku, “anime obsessive, geek”) originally used in reference to the 1982 Macross fandom, from the honorific form お宅 (otaku, “you”), from the honorific form 宅 (taku, “home”).

bor

(fandom slang) One with an obsessive interest in something, particularly (originally derogatory) obsessive Japanese fans of anime or manga.

أُوتَاكُو

one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga

死宅

one obsessed with Japanese things/weeaboo


catgirl

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But publishers cannot survive on cute catgirls alone.

2009, Jason S. Yadao, The Rough Guide to Manga, page 222:

Back in 1997, the Japanese magazines made a big deal out of the fact that the catgirl detective anime Hyper Police was on at one in the morning[…]

2010, Jonathan Clements, Schoolgirl Milky Crisis: Adventures in the Anime and Manga Trade:

"Why do we need to leave the mall first?" "Even if I can undo this myself, I don't know how to do it or how it works! I might become more cat-like first, or turn you into a cat, or unleash a shockwave of catness that turns everyone in the mall into cat girls!"

2016 October 7, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive - EGS:NP (webcomic), Comic for Friday, Oct 7, 2016:

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

貓人 /猫人

female character with feline characteristics


shonen

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

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


shonen

en-adj

shonen (comparative more shonen, superlative most shonen)

more shonen (comparative)
most shonen (superlative)

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


Godzilla

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From Japanese ゴジラ (Gojira), blend created for the movie from the words ゴリラ (gorira, “gorilla”) and 鯨 (kujira, “whale”).
The phonetic shift from Goji- to Godzi- was probably to imply relation to the word God.

What other television show would feature a gorgeously designed sequence where a horrifically mutated Pierre and Marie Curie, their bodies swollen to Godzilla-like proportions from prolonged exposure to the radiation that would eventually kill them, destroy an Asian city with their bare hands like vengeance-crazed monster-Gods?

2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:

A fictional Japanese monster (kaiju) from a series of science-fiction films.


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.


haa

(pornographic manga) The sound of heavy breathing when sexually aroused.


IJN

Imperial Japanese Navy
w:Imperial Japanese Navy

(US, military, nautical) Initialism of Imperial Japanese Navy, the navy of Imperial Japan, predecessor of the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force, usually in reference to WWII.


PLA

(historical, trading) NYSE stock-ticker symbol for Playboy Enterprises, Inc., now PLBY.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus
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(fandom slang, video games) Initialism of Pokémon Legends: Arceus.


tengu

(Japanese mythology, Shinto, mythology) A mythical Japanese creature, typically birdlike and having a long nose.


galge

Borrowed from Japanese ギャルゲー (gyarugē), a shortening of ギャルゲーム (gyaru gēmu), a wasei-eigo derived from English gal + game.

(video games) A video game centered around interactions with attractive anime-style girls.


Izanami

Borrowed from Japanese 伊邪那美 (いざなみ, Izanami).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) A Japanese creator goddess who is also (along with the Shinigami and Enma) a goddess of death and the underworld; she is Izanagi's younger sister and spouse, and the mother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo and Kagutsuchi.


Izanagi

Borrowed from Japanese 伊邪那岐 (いざなぎ, Izanagi).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) A Japanese creator god; he is Izanami's elder brother and spouse, and the father of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo and Kagutsuchi.


Amaterasu

/ɑːmətɛɹˈɑːsuː/

Borrowed from Japanese 天照 (Amaterasu), from 天 (ama, “sky, the heavens”) + 照らす (terasu, “to illuminate something”).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese sun goddess, and most important Shinto deity; she is the daughter of Izanagi and Izanami and the sister of Susanoo, Tsukuyomi, Ōyamatsumi, and Kagutsuchi.


senpai

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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.


fandub

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The fandub Evangelion: ReDeath is shown every year at Fanime.

(US, anime) An anime title that has been dubbed by fans.


OAV

Initialism of original animation video, a direct-to-video Japanese anime.


OVA

Original video animation
original video animation#English

Original video animation, a direct-to-video anime.


CCS

(animanga, Japanimation) Initialism of Cardcaptor Sakura. (manga and anime series)


sankyu

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From Japanese サンキュー (sankyū), from English thank you.


yandere

/ˈjɑːndɛɹeɪ/

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Borrowed from Japanese ヤンデレ (yandere), a portmanteau of 病んでる (yanderu), contraction of 病んでいる (yande iru), progressive tense of 病む (yamu, “to be sick”), and デレデレ (dere-dere, “in a lovey-dovey, infatuated, or lovestruck manner”, adverb).
Developed on the model of tsundere (“being cold and even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warm and caring side over time”).

And it finally answered the question as to whether Senjougahara is tsundere or yandere.

2009 October 4, sanjian [username], “Re: Bakemonogatari - comments on the end of the TV broadcast”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

Looking at anime charts, there's always the harem series with the dense hero and a bunch of girls whose personalities are pulled out of a set cast of tropes (the Childhood Friend, Tsundere, Yandere, and Lolita, for instance).

2012, Jazmine Brusola, Rabble Rousers: A Fate/Zero Anime Review, Flyleaf (Ateneo Literary Association), page 14:

“Believe it, man. In fact, she's seriously creepy. Like creepier than that pink-haired girl from Future Diary.”
 “Wait, what?” Sam got that reference quickly, but was not happy with the comparison. She wasn't a psychopathic, murderous Yandere stalker, from what he could see.

2014, Olivia D. Knight, Please, Let Me Be a Seiyuu!, BookRix, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

(chiefly Japanese fiction) A character, usually a girl, who has an obsessive and possessive side in regards to their crush, ready to use violent and murderous means to maintain an exclusive bond.

يَانْدِرِي

character who fits the archetype of being genuinely kind, loving, or gentle, but suddenly switching to being aggressive or deranged


loli

From Japanese ロリ or a clipping of lolicon.

(fandom slang, chiefly anime and manga) A childlike female character, particularly in the lolicon genre.


ecchi

en-noun

ecchi (countable and uncountable, plural ecchi)

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From Japanese エッチ (etchi, “dirty; perverted”), which is derived from English aitch (“name of the letter ⟨H⟩”), which is an initialism of the romaji of Japanese 変態(へんたい) (hentai, “pervert”).
エッチ (etchi) is not a genre in Japanese; this is a development in English.

der

The manga fan was disturbingly proud of his extensive ecchi collection.

(uncountable) A genre, especially of anime and manga, featuring playful, tongue-in-cheek usage of sexualized scenes and situations such as double entendre or flirtation, while remaining non-pornographic. Often used to differentiate from hentai which features overt sexual themes.

There was a moment of ecchi for comic relief in the otherwise serious story.

(rare, countable, chiefly proscribed by fandom slang) A situation within a story, especially anime and manga, which ventures into the ecchi genre.


HMV

Coordinate term: PMV

(pornography) Abbreviation of hentai music video. A fan-made hentai anime clipshow set to music


baku

Borrowed from Japanese 獏 (“spirit that feeds on nightmares”).

bor

2005, David Booth, Story Drama, 2nd edition, Pembroke Publishers, page 49,
The creature explained that he was a baku. A baku eats dreams and nightmares. To a baku, a bad dream is delicious!

2008, "Baku", entry in Brenda Rosen, The Mythical Creatures Bible, Octopus Publishing Group, page 113,
A person awakening from a nightmare should call three times saying, "Baku, eat my dreams." Thus summoned, the Baku will turn bad omens into good fortune by devouring evil influences.

Shouting out "Devour my dream, Baku!" is said to bring Baku to a child's side to take away his or her bad dreams. Not only does Baku take the dreams away, but he also leaves good fortune in their place.

2012, Kris Bradley, Mrs. B's Guide to Household Witchery, Weiser Books, page 28:

(Japanese mythology) A type of supernatural being said to devour nightmares.


Pokéfan

This is fantastic... I've never met so many Pokéfans, and I've never seen so many Pikachu rucksacks around.

2000 November 12, Cliff Barnes, “My Whitby Diary”, in uk.people.gothic (Usenet):

When die-hard Pokéfans outside Japan discovered that portions of the original narrative were being withheld, they flocked to online chatrooms dedicated to the series, where they complained bitterly about censorship and debated various forms of protest.

2004, Hirofumi Katsuno, Jeffrey Meret, “Localizing the Pokémon TV Series for the American Market”, in Joseph Tobin, editor, Pikachu's Global Adventure: The Rise and Fall of Pokémon, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 81:

Few of even the most hard-core Pokéfans will ever have tried this, so just pulling together a copy of Pokémon XD for GameCube and two GameCube-Game Boy cables can deliver a play experience that they've never had before.

2007, Eli Neiburger, Gamers…in the Library?!: The Why, What, and How of Videogame Tournaments for All Ages, American Library Association, published 2007, →ISBN, page 71:


kohai

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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.


animanga

en-noun

animanga (countable and uncountable, plural animanga or animangas)

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The animanga reality-art contest is held in conjunction with our annual program Animanga Mini-Con and sponsored by our animanga club.

2014, Carol Smallwood, Bringing the Arts into the Library, page 123:

(uncountable) Japanese comics (manga) and Japanese animation (anime) taken collectively.

(countable) A manga created from cels from an anime.


kemonomimi

From Japanese 獣(けもの)耳(みみ) (kemonomimi), from 獣(けもの) (kemono, “animal”) + 耳(みみ) (mimi, “ear”).

(Japanese fiction) A humanoid fictional character who possesses animal ears and/or tails.


koban

Every landlord hath two koban paid him for dinner, and three for supper and lodgings at night.

1906, Ernest W[ilson] Clement, editor, Hildreth’s “Japan as it Was and Is”: A Handbook of Old Japan, volume II, Chicago, Ill.: A. C. McClurg & Co., page 40:

“Shall we say two koban for this evening—a measure of my desire to please a Lady of such merit?”

1975, James Clavell, Shōgun: A Novel of Japan, volume 2, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum, page 620:

It contained, as usual, nothing but an invitation to come to Edo to confer on matters respecting which it did not enter into any particulars, with an offer of three koban for the expenses of the journey.

2006, Timon Screech, Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779–1822, London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 140:

An oval gold coin in the Edo period of feudal Japan.


koban

Borrowed from Japanese 交番(こうばん) (kōban).

Personnel of kobans change each shift; they report for duty at a police station and fan out to the kobans.

1976, David H. Bayley, Forces of Order: Police Behavior in Japan and the United States, Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, published 1978, →ISBN, page 13:

A small community police office or a police box, especially one in Japan.


omake

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

In this omake, the characters are breaking the fourth wall to talk to the audience.

(anime) A special video feature that accompanies an anime, such as a collection of deleted scenes or outtakes.

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


OEL

My Dead Girlfriend is one of the best OEL manga ever.

(attributive, of manga, anime, visual novels) Initialism of original English-language: Manga-, anime-style media originally published in English; (loosely, by extension) Any non-Japanese media which features a manga or anime style.


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”).


weeaboo

Bulgarian: уийб (uijb)

Indonesian: wibu

Polish: łibus

A nonce word in "Weeaboo", a 2005 Perry Bible Fellowship comic by Nicholas Gurewitch, used later that year as a wordfilter replacement for the abusive term wapanese on the message board 4chan, from which its current sense derived and spread. Now sometimes reclaimed as a self-description by anime and manga fans.

(fandom slang, sometimes positive) A person who is obsessively interested in anime, manga or Japanese culture more generally.


BL

From Japanese BL(ビーエル) (bīeru), from ボーイズラブ (bōizu rabu), from English boys + love.

Initialism of boys' love (“yaoi media”).


magical girl

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Calque of Japanese 魔法少女 (まほうしょうじょ, mahō shōjo).

calque

まほうしょうじょ, mahō shōjo

The magical girl starts out as a typical schoolgirl. Her transformation—via a glamorous costume, and amplified by special powers—gives her a new identity.

2013, Christopher Hart, Magical Characters, Watson-Guptill Publications, →ISBN, page 17:

Contrary to conventional magical girl anime, in which protagonists happily accept their superpower, shōjo heroines are reluctant to become Magical Girls in Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

2014, Lien Fan Shen, “The Dark, Twisted Magical Girls: Shōjo Heroines in Puella Magi Madoka Magica”, in Norma Jones, Maja Bajac-Carter, Bob Batchelor, editors, Heroines of Film and Television: Portrayals in Popular Culture, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 183:

The magical girl genre was originally aimed at girls: series like Sailor Moon were first serialized in shōjo manga (girls' comics) magazines and contained many traits common to that genre.

2015, Deborah Shamoon, “The Superflat Space of Japanese Anime”, in Lilian Chee, Edna Lim, editors, Asian Cinema and the Use of Space: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Routledge, →ISBN, page 98:

In Japanese anime and manga, a young girl with superhuman abilities who is called upon to fight evil.

девочка-волшебница f (devochka-volshebnitsa, literally “a girl wizard”)

девушка-волшебница f (devushka-volshebnitsa, literally “a young woman wizard”)


XY

(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon X and Y.


paizuri

en-noun

paizuri (countable and uncountable, plural paizuri or paizuris)

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Borrowed from Japanese パイ擦(ず)り (paizuri), a blend of オッパイ (oppai, “titty”) + 擦(す)り (suri, “rubbing”).


AMV

Coordinate term: PMV

Initialism of anime music video: a fan-made anime clipshow set to music.


fujo

Clipping of fujoshi, from Japanese 腐女子 (ふじょし, fujoshi, literally “rotten girl”).

uder

They consider themselves “Fujo” (Yaoi readers or creators are referred as “Fujoshi” in Japanese) and they have been reading Yaoi for more than five years.

2010, Dienfang Chou, “Exploring the Meaning of Yaoi in Taiwan for Female Readers: From the Perspective of Gender”, in Intercultural Communication Studies, volume 19, number 1, page 82:

people be like “fujos suck and fetishize gay men” and then talk about their favorite BL 😳😳

2019 October 25, mahi alina (@noctupavo), Twitter:

"So, while I'm personally self-aware of the fact that I'm a fujoshi," she continued, "I would still be upset if someone were to say, 'You're into that fujoshi crap?' or call me a 'nasty fujo' to my face. […]

2022, Kota Nozomi, translated by Tristan K. Hill, When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace, Volume 1, unnumbered page:

(informal, fandom slang, sometimes derogatory) A female fan of yaoi or more broadly of slash fiction.


Basic Pokémon

A Pokémon card (in Pokémon Trading Card Game) that does not evolve from any other Pokémon card, or evolves from a Baby Pokémon card.


Eeveelution

(fandom slang) Any Pokémon that is an evolution of Eevee, either official or made up by fans.


Pokémaniac

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Blend of Pokémon + maniac. Derived from "POKéMANIAC", the name of a class of opponent characters in-game. The characters are nowadays seen donning cosplay pieces resembling the Pokémon creatures (though originally wearing lab coats and portrayed as being somewhat lunatic). "POKéMANIAC" was the term used in the English translation for the aforementioned, originally called 「かいじゅうマニア」 [kaijuumania] ("monster maniac") in Japanese. Equivalent to Poké- + maniac.

A dedicated or obsessive fan of Pokémon.


eevolution

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Eevolution.


Pokédollar

From Poké- + dollar, coined by fans to describe an alternative symbol for yen that first appears on the games Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue, from 1996.

(Pokémon) A unit of currency that is usually described as having characteristics of yen and/or dollar. Its symbol is .


Rocketshipper

From rocket + shipper (after the characters' team, Team Rocket, and punningly on rocketship).

Those of you who have read my fanfics will know that I am a Rocketshipper.

2000 January 13, Blue-Jackal and her box-o-Skywarp [username], “Jessie and James, an item?”, in alt.fan.team-rocket (Usenet):

All the Rocketshippers love to talk about evidence in favor of Jessie/James being in love and such.

2000 February 7, BBD127 [username], “Rocketshipping... negative evidence?”, in alt.fan.team-rocket (Usenet):

You realize, of course, that this thread would probably get us lynched by the large Rocketshipper population on the net.

2001 January 15, Bodger [username], “Re: Gay couple in Godzilla vs. Megalon”, in rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc (Usenet):

(fandom slang) A shipper of Jessie and James, characters in the animated version of Pokémon.


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.


Takamagahara

Borrowed from Japanese 高天原, literally "the plain of high heaven".

(Japanese mythology) A place in Japanese mythology, the dwelling-place of the kami, said to be connected to the Earth by a bridge.


animesque

en-adj

animesque (comparative more animesque, superlative most animesque)

more animesque (comparative)
most animesque (superlative)

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Whilst it doesn't include anything specifically anime, there are a variety of animesque elements to the event and I'm sure some of you will find something of interest there...

2002, Happosai, “[Event] Jam:Tokyo-London”, in uk.media.animation.anime (Usenet):

His blush increasing to truly animesque proportions, the younger conjoined mutant/immortal scuffs one toe against the floor...

2003, skyefire, “AAE 8: Catch-up and wrap-up”, in alt.callahans (Usenet):

Resembling or with aspects characteristic of anime.


light novel

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Calque of Japanese ライトノベル (raito noberu, ultimately from English light + novel).

calque

A Japanese novel primarily targeting young adults, typically illustrated (in an anime/manga style) and containing not more than 50,000 words.


eroge

Borrowed from Japanese エロゲー (erogē), a portmanteau of エロチックゲーム (erochikku gēmu), from English erotic game.


tsundere

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Borrowed from Japanese ツンデレ (tsundere), from つんつん (tsun-tsun, “in a cross, aloof, or standoffish manner”, adverb) + でれでれ (dere-dere, “in a lovey-dovey, infatuated, or lovestruck manner”, adverb).

I usually draw very peaceful, happy manga, so it has been a real challenge for me to illustrate the vice president's death glare and Ri-chan's subtle tsundere attitude.

2008, Kio Shimoku, Kujibiki Unbalance 1, Del Rey/Ballantine Books, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

Even Kaname's rude and overbearing tsundere personality is explained by her having gone to school in the United States where she was socialized to just bluntly say what she thought.

2010 August 14, David Johnston, “Full Metal Panic: One Night Stand”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

Despite his apparent power, the boy behaves with uncharacteristic meekness toward the formidable tsundere Misato Tachibana, whose grotesquely distorted romantic feelings for Koujirou almost invariably result in her shooting him all over the school with heavy weaponry (which seems to spring out of nowhere).

2012, Dani Cavallaro, Kyoto Animation: A Critical Study and Filmography, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 157:

(chiefly Japanese fiction) A fictional character who fits the archetype of being cold or even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warm and caring side.

تْسُونْدِرِي

character who fits the archetype of being cold or hostile before gradually showing a warm and caring side


pikachurin

Named after Pikachu, a Pokémon character, + -in.

(biochemistry) A dystroglycan-interacting polysaccharide which has an essential role in the precise interactions between the photoreceptor ribbon synapse and the bipolar dendrites.


meido

From Japanese メイド (meido, “maid, maidservant”), from English maid.

uder

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):

And then there’s Roberta, who seems like a typical meido (maid) character until she pulls out machine guns from her lacy uniform!

2008 October 12, Kitty Sensei, “Playing pirate”, in Malaysia Star:

Although this is a manga about maids, don’t expect to see the submissive and fawning maids of the meido category. The protagonist here is a faithful, skilled and courteous maid from the old English society.

2008, Memedi, "Loyal helper", Malaysia Star, 9 November 2008

(chiefly Japanese fiction) A female fictional character who is employed as a maid, typically wearing a stylized French maid outfit.


Shirime

(Japanese mythology) A yōkai whose appearance is of a person with an eye in place of the anus.


rokurokubi

Borrowed from Japanese 轆(ろく)轤(ろ)首(くび) (rokurokubi).

(Japanese mythology) A yōkai in the form of a person who can stretch their neck to great lengths.


NTR

(historical) Initialism of National Transcontinental Railway.


NTR

Coordinate term: NTP

nuclear-thermal rocket
nuclear-thermal rocket#English

(astronautics) Initialism of nuclear-thermal rocket.


NTR

Borrowed from Japanese NTR(エヌティーアール) (enutīāru).

(pornography, slang) Initialism of netorare.


NTR

en-verb

NTR (third-person singular simple present NTRs, present participle NTRing, simple past and past participle NTRed)

NTRs (present singular third-person)
NTRing (participle present)
NTRed (participle past)
NTRed (past)


pseudo anime

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An animated work that has many typical characteristics of Japanese animation but is not from Japan.


visual novel

Calque of Japanese ビジュアルノベル (bijuaru noberu), from English visual + novel

cal

(video games) An interactive fiction video game of a style originated in Japan, consisting primarily of narration illustrated by anime-style images.


animeverse

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tokusatsu

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A Japanese genre of film and television drama featuring superheroes and special effects.


yokai

From Japanese 妖怪 (yōkai, “ghost, phantom”).

(folklore, Japanese mythology) Any of various supernatural monsters, sometimes shapeshifters, in Japanese folklore.


Pokémon

en-noun

Pokémon (plural Pokémon or (nonstandard) Pokémons)

Pokémon (plural)
Pokémons (nonstandard plural)

From Japanese ポケモン (Pokemon), a contraction of ポケットモンスター (Poketto Monsutā), itself from English pocket monster.

contraction

Pokémons are the latest and adamantly conformist craze among middle-childhood boys. The theme of the video games that started the craze is, as usual, the triumph of good over evil. The hero is a child, twelve-year-old Ash. His goal is to capture all 150-plus nonhuman creatures called Pokémons, train them to be good, and use them to capture the remaining wicked Pokémons that so far have escaped. In the games, Ash is not your ally: he is you. Each of the Pokémons has its own sort of power which, after conversion, accrues to Ash’s (your) favor.

2001, Sara Stein, “Games They Play”, in Noah’s Children: Restoring the Ecology of Childhood, New York, N.Y.: North Point Press, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 248:

Game strategy (and tactics) are full of such learning about real life, like the rules, the strategy in games needs to be lifelike for the games to make sense, even if the characters, such as Pokémons, are purely imaginary.

2005, Marc Prensky, “Computer Games and Learning: Digital Game-Based Learning”, in Joost Raessens, Jeffrey Goldstein, editors, Handbook of Computer Game Studies, Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, →ISBN, part II (Design), page 106, column 2:

He had been delighted when his mother said, Just leave everything as it is. Not even his bed was made. He could see that little kid’s mess, his clothes, his Pokémons, his old Winnie Dubdoub, his Spiderman poster; and the truck, alone in the empty house for days now, nearly two weeks.

2005, Eva Sallis, The Marsh Birds, Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, →ISBN, page 15:

A pocket monster; a fictional creature from the universe of the Pokémon franchise.


puppet army

From puppet + army, a calque from Mandarin 傀儡軍／傀儡军 (kuǐlěijūn, “puppet army”).

(specifically) Such an army in China during the Sino-Japanese War.


thwop

(chiefly pornographic manga) Alternative form of fwop.


ahegao

en-noun

ahegao (countable and uncountable, plural ahegao or ahegaos)

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

"The ahegao you draw is the best ever, ■■-sensei!."

2017, Takashi Kajii, My Little Sister Can Read Kanji: Volume 3, unnumbered page:

During the set of intercourse at the end of the story, Sherlock is also drawn featuring ahegao expressions, frequently used in hentai or pornographic works.

2017, Carolina Lindström, "'The power of characterization': A comparative analysis of the transformative works created by the English-language and Japanese-language fandoms of BBC Sherlock", thesis submitted to Stockholm University, page 26

Without anime I would never have been introduced to such thought provoking concepts as ahegao or 15 year old girls with boobs the size of basketballs.

2019 March 6, “Personals”, in The Medium, Rutgers University, page A6:

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


dickgirl

(colloquial, vulgar) A person with a female body plus a penis; usually either a futanari, or a non-op or pre-op trans woman.


newhalf

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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.


torii

From Japanese 鳥居 (torii, literally “bird abode”).

bor

The torii marks the entrance to the sacred grounds of a shrine. There are a variety of types of torii, each with a unique history. Regardless of origin, the torii is inseparably identified with the image of Shinto.

1994 November 22, Stuart D. B. Picken, Essentials of Shinto: An Analytical Guide to Principal Teachings, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 146:

(Shinto) A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred.


Tsukuyomi

Borrowed from Japanese 月読 (つくよみ, Tsukuyomi), originally a compound of 月 (つく, tsuku, “the moon”) + 読み (よみ, yomi, “reading”, ancient meaning of “counting”).

af

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese moon god, son of Izanami and Izanagi and brother of Amaterasu, Susanoo, Ōyamatsumi and Kagutsuchi.


Susanoo

Borrowed from Japanese 須佐之男(すさのお) (Susanoo).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The main Japanese storm god (along with Raijin and Fūjin), son of Izanami and Izanagi and brother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Ōyamatsumi and Kagutsuchi.


sakoku

Borrowed from Japanese 鎖国, literally "closed country".

(historical) The foreign policy of Japan between the 1630s and 1866, during which entry to and exit from Japan were severely restricted.


nekomimi

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From Japanese 猫耳 (nekomimi), from 猫 (neko, “cat”) + 耳 (mimi, “ear”).


Benzaiten

Borrowed from Japanese 弁才天 (Benzaiten) 弁財天 (Benzaiten).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) (Also known as "Benten-sama") The Hindu goddess, Saraswati, of knowledge, art and beauty, music, language, wisdom, poetry and rivers.

the fat and happy god of abundance and good health

commerce and trade. Ebisu and Daikoku are often paired and represented as carvings

masks on the walls of small retail shops


Fukurokuju

Borrowed from Japanese 福禄寿 (Fukurokuju), from Middle Chinese 福 (pjuwk, “fortune”) + 祿 (luwk, “blessings”) + 壽 (dzyuwX/dzyuwH, “longevity”).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese name for the Chinese god Xuanwu, one of the seven gods of good fortune: the god of happiness, wealth, and longevity.

Ebisu

恵比須; 恵比寿, 夷 or 戎


kaiju

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From Japanese 怪獣 (かいじゅう, kaijū), from Middle Chinese 怪 (kˠuɛiᴴ, “strange, fantastic”) + 獸 (ɕɨuᴴ, “beast”) (compare Mandarin 怪獸 /怪兽 (guàishòu)).

bor

かいじゅう, kaijū

compound

The resurrections of Mothra, the giant butterfly in Japanese kaiju movies, are treated as colourful religious events, glitter falling upon fat children as the fluffy-faced behemoth dries its wings.

2015, Steve Aylett, Heart of the Original, Unbound, page 117:

A giant monster, particularly of the kind found in Japanese science fiction films, like Godzilla or Gamera.


kagura

From Japanese 神楽 (kagura, literally “god music”). See more at the Japanese entry.

bor

A kind of Shinto theatrical dance in Japan.


Kajishin

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) the Japanese god of the forge, metalcraft, and blacksmithing


Amatsumara

Borrowed from Japanese 天津麻羅 (Amatsumara).

bor+

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) the Japanese god of the forge, metalcraft, and blacksmithing.


Enma

From Japanese 閻魔 (Enma). Doublet of Yama.

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese name for Yama, the Hindu, Buddhist and Chinese god who presides over naraku (hell). A deity and/or personification of death. (Compare Izanami and the Shinigami.)


Konohananosakuya-hime

Borrowed from Japanese 木花咲耶姫 (Konohanasakuya-hime).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The goddess of Mount Fuji; the blossom-princess, and the symbol of delicate earthly life.


Ame-no-Uzume

Borrowed from Japanese 天宇受売命, 天鈿女命 (あめのうずめ, Ame-no-Uzume).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese goddess of the dawn, joy and of springtime.

أَمِه نُو أُوزُومِه

Japanese goddess of dawn, joy and springtime


Bishamonten

(mythology, Buddhism, Shinto) The Japanese name for the Buddhist god Vaiśravaṇa, guardian of the North and a patron god of warriors in Japan.


Daikokuten

(Japanese mythology, Buddhism, Shinto) The Japanese name for Mahākāla, a Buddhist god of wealth, commerce and trade. In Japanese folk tradition, he is one of the seven gods of luck. In Shinto, he is syncretized with the deity Ōkuninushi. Daikokuten is often depicted paired with Ebisu in statuary or in the form of masks on the walls of small retail shops.


Ebisu

Borrowed from Japanese 恵比須, 恵比寿, 夷, 戎 (Ebisu).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of fishing and commerce. One of the seven gods of luck.


Jurōjin

Borrowed from Japanese 寿老人 (Jurōjin), from Middle Chinese 壽 (dʒjùw, “longevity”) + 老 (láw, “old”) + 人 (nyin, “person”).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of longevity. One of the seven gods of luck.


Hotei

From Japanese 布袋 (Hotei), from Middle Chinese 布袋 (MC puH dojH, “cloth sack”) (compare Mandarin 布袋 (Bùdài), Vietnamese Bố Đại), by metonymy "Man with the cloth sack", the "Laughing Buddha" figure associated with the Maitreya Buddha.

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Chinese god Budai, the fat and happy god of abundance and good health, and one of the seven gods of luck.


Kagutsuchi

Borrowed from Japanese 迦具土 (かぐつち, Kagutsuchi), originally a compound of かぐ (kagu, obsolete verb root meaning “to shine, to sparkle”) + つ (tsu, Old Japanese possessive particle) + ち (chi, “power, life force”).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of fire, son of Izanagi and Izanami and brother of Amaterasu, Susanoo, Tsukuyomi and Ōyamatsumi; he burned his mother to death while being born.


Yakushi Nyorai

(Japanese mythology, Buddhism) The Japanese name for Bhaiṣajyaguru, the Buddha of medicine.


Hachiman

(Japanese mythology, Shinto, Buddhism) the Japanese god of archery and tutelary deity of samurai.


mikoshi

From Japanese 神(み)輿(こし) (mikoshi, “divine sedan”).

(Shinto) A raised ceremonial litter used to transport a Shinto deity between shrines.


Ryūjin

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) A dragon god also known as Watatsumi and Suijin, the tutelary deity of the sea in Japanese mythology.


Dainichi Nyorai

(Japanese mythology, Buddhism) The Japanese name for the sun Buddha, Vairocana, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.


Fukūjōju Nyorai

(Japanese mythology, Buddhism) Fukūjōju Nyorai; the Japanese name for the Northern Buddha, Amoghasiddhi, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.


Hōshō Nyorai

As we face Dainichi, the Buddha seated at our near left is Hōshō Nyorai, the Buddha of the South.

2007, Philip L. Nicoloff, Sacred Koyasan, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 127:

The Hōshō Nyorai sculpture sits on a lotus base, which rests on the back of several seated, winged horses. The deity's left hand grasps the edge of the robe, the left rests on the knee, palm facing upward in the wish-granting mudra.

2010, Hillary Pedersen, The Five Great Space Repository Bodhisattvas (dissertation), University of Kansas, page 208:

Or if the dying person should manifest a sign presaging rebirth among any of the thirty-six kinds of hungry ghosts, the attendant should immediately intervene to save that person by performing the rites of Hōshō Nyorai, Kokūzō, Jizō, Thousand-Armed Kannon, Bodhisattva Perfection of Giving, and the rite of offering Deathbed Attendants

2016, Jacqueline I. Stone, Right Thoughts at the Last Moment, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, pages 289–290:

(Japanese mythology, Buddhism) The Japanese name for the Southern Buddha, Ratnasaṃbhava, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.


Amida Nyorai

The Tendai may indeed be regarded as the mother sect of all later developments of Japanese Buddhism, and Amida Nyorai is even of greater importance in Japanese art than Sakya Muni, the founder of the religion.

1906, Edward Dillon, The Arts of Japan (Little books on art), Methuen, →OCLC, page 36:

The 13m-tall image represents Amida Nyorai, the future Buddha who receives souls into the Western Paradise, and was built under the orders of Minamoto Yoritomo to rival the larger Nara Buddha, near Kyoto.

2011 February 1, Jan Dodd, Simon Richmond, The Rough Guide to Japan (Rough Guide to...), Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC:

Pure Land Buddhism suggests that the problem of suffering should not be addressed as a spiritual matter but at the level of change in the social environment. The desired social environment is the peaceful and equalitarian environment envisioned by Amida Nyorai’s vows in the Larger Sūtra and especially in the First Vow.

2019, U. Dessì, “The Pure Land and this World in Hishiki Masaharu’s Shin Buddhist Ethics”, in G. T. Halkias, R. K. Payne, editors, Pure Lands in Asian Texts and Contexts, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 578:

(Japanese mythology, Buddhism) The Japanese name for the Western Buddha, Amitābha, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.


Ashuku Nyorai

Vajra Division (kongō-bu): The eternal life force. The central deity is Ashuku Nyorai.

1988, Taikō Yamasaki, Shingon: Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, Shambhala, →ISBN, page 139:

Finally, behind Fukūjōju sits Ashuku Nyorai. Ashuku is the Buddha of the East. His left hand holds a piece of detached sleeve. His right hand hangs pendent in front of his right knee, palm turned inward, fingers pointing toward the ground.

2007, Philip L. Nicoloff, Sacred Koyasan, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 128:

It contains statues of Ashuku Nyorai, Hōshō Nyorai, Muryōju Nyorai, and Fukūjōju Nyorai surrounding a statue of Dainichi Nyorai.

2008, Tatsuro Muro, David C. Moreton, A Journey of the Soul, Education Publishing Center, →ISBN, page 14:

Establish the connection with the Imperturbable Buddha Ashuku Nyorai through the distant contact. Greet him with the words: “Dear Ashuku Nyorai, I come to you as a sick person and request healing. […]”

2006, Mark Hosak, Walter Luebeck, The Big Book of Reiki Symbols, Lotus Press, →ISBN, page 263:

On the left is a third guest Buddha, a seated image of Ashuku Nyorai carved in 1322 by Inkō, about whom little is known.

2021, Burritt Sabin, Kamakura: A Contemplative Guide, Partridge, →ISBN:

(Japanese mythology, Buddhism) The Japanese name for the Eastern Buddha, Akṣobhya, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.


fujoshi

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Borrowed from Japanese 腐(ふ)女(じょ)子(し) (fujoshi, literally “rotten girl/woman”).

ja-r

(fandom slang) A female fan of yaoi. A female shipper.


mujina

(Japanese mythology) A badger. In some regions the term refers instead to the Japanese raccoon dog. In Japanese folklore, like the fox and the tanuki, they are frequently depicted as a yokai that shapeshifts and deceives humans.


Dojin

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) A Japanese god of earth, land or soil.


Suijin

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) A Japanese god of water; another name for Ryūjin.


Kajin

Borrowed from Japanese 火神 (かじん, Kajin, literally “fire god”).

bor

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) Kagutsuchi, the Japanese god of fire.


Tenjin

From Japanese 天神 (Tenjin), from 天 (tʰen, “Heaven”) + 神 (ʑiɪn, “deity”, “god”).

af

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) A Japanese god of the heavens; also the Shinto kami of scholarship.


Fūjin

From Japanese 風神 (ふうじん Fūjin), from Middle Chinese 風 (MC pjuwng, “wind”) + 神 (ʑiɪn, “deity”, “spirit”).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of winds and storms, along with Raijin and Susanoo.


Raijin

From Japanese 雷神 (Raijin), from Middle Chinese 雷 (luʌi, “thunder”) + 神 (ʑiɪn, “deity”, “spirit”).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of lightning, thunder and storms, along with Fūjin and Susanoo.


Ōyamatsumi

Borrowed from Japanese 大山祇 (Ōyamatsumi, literally “great mountain god”).

bor

[…], this mountain was a cult site for the kami Ōmiwa Myōjin and Ōyamatsumi, and a shrine temple dedicated to these deities already existed there.

2003, Mark Teeuwen, Fabio Rambelli, Buddhas and Kami in Japan, RoutledgeCurzon, page 24:

When Saichō (767-822) established Enryakuji on Mount Hiei as his Tendai center he adopted the already enshrined kami of the cultic site, Ōmiwa Myōjin and Ōyamatsumi, as tutelary deities of the monastic center.

2008, Susan Zitterbart, Kumano Mandara: Portraits, Power, and Lineage in Medieval Japan, page 29:

[…], and ritually they create the world and beget Amaterasu, Susanoo, and Ōyamatsumi.

2009, Herman Ooms, Imperial Politics and Symbolics in Ancient Japan, University of Hawaiʻi Press, page 41:

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) A brother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo and Kagutsuchi, and an important kami in charge of the mountains and the sea. Sometimes also viewed as in charge of sake brewing and war.


Shinigami

/ˌʃɪn.ɪˈɡɑːmi/

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The deity and/or personification of death. (Compare Izanami and Enma).


shintai

Borrowed from Japanese 神体(しんたい) (shintai).

(Shinto) A physical object (either natural or man-made) worshipped at or near Shinto shrines as a repository for spirits or kami.


itai-itai disease

Partial calque of Japanese イタイイタイ病 (itai-itai byō, “"ouch ouch" disease”)

partial calque

A disease caused by cadmium poisoning that occurred in Toyama Prefecture, Japan.


Fudō Myōō

(Japanese mythology) a guardian deity primarily revered in Vajrayana Buddhism as the principal of the Five Wisdom Kings, also known as Acala.


Toshigami

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The god of the coming year, celebrated at New Years.


Ōkuninushi-no-mikoto

Borrowed from Japanese 大国主命 (Ōkuninushi-no-mikoto).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of nation-building, farming, business, and medicine, as well as love and good matches.


Sanbō Kōjin

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of fire, the hearth, and the kitchen.


kodama

(Japanese mythology) A type of Japanese tree spirit.


Ōkuninushi

Borrowed from Japanese 大国主 (Ōkuninushi).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of nation-building, farming, business, and medicine, as well as love and good love matches.


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Oh I see, so if they were over the age of 18 you wouldn't be having "wincest" with them as you put it, huh?

2009 October 22, Onideus Mad Hatter [username], “Re: Tomba's pedo website ...ripe for hacking”, in alt.support.boy-lovers (Usenet):

5. Powerpuff Girls wincest (It's basically an act of hot sex between family members, which makes it WINcest according to www.urbandictionary.com).

2009 October 27, Ashleigh Johnson, “Playboy steals the Internet's idea”, in The Daily Titan, volume 85, number 27, California State University, Fullerton, page 6:

(slang, with a positive connotation, originally anime, fandom slang) incest, usually of two siblings.


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.


Heisei

Relating to a period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Akihito, from January 8, 1989-April 30, 2019.


Poké-

Pertaining to Pokémon or the Pokémon media franchise.


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.


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?


misogi

A Shinto form of ritual purification by washing the entire body.


RSE

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


ushioni

Borrowed from Japanese 牛鬼 (うしおに, ushioni).

(Japanese folklore) An ox ogre or demon; an evil ox spirit.


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 culture used to be a niche but as the community has grown and relevant facilities have been developing over time, being passionate about ACG is no longer a rare hobby and it has become as common as liking to watch movies.

2017 November 23, Yin Lu, “A ‘two-dimensional’ subculture”, in Global Times, archived from the original on 2021-11-01:

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

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shotacon (usually uncountable, plural shotacons)

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

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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.


shounen ai

(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.


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.


kobang

(historical Japanese numismatics) Alternative form of koban.


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.


starry eyes

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


RGBY

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


RBY

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


FRLG

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


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.


shota

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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.


GSC

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


HGSS

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


Warring States

The era in ancient Chinese history following the Spring and Autumn period and concluding with the first imperial unification of China under the Qin dynasty (c. 475 BC to 221 BC).


fudanshi

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


Kakure Kirishitan

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Kakure Kirishitan (plural Kakure Kirishitans)

Borrowed from Japanese 隠れキリシタン (Kakure Kirishitan, literally “hidden Christian”).

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(historical) A member of the Japanese Catholic Church during the Edo period who went underground after the Shimabara Rebellion in the 1630s.


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) The Gloam-Eyed Queen (a minor character in the game's backstory).


Eevolution

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Eevolution.


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).

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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.


cobang

(historical Japanese numismatics) Alternative form of koban.


Japanime

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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.


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!).


Bakumatsu

(historical) The final years of the Edo period, between 1853 and 1867, when Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy and changed from a feudal Tokugawa shogunate to the pre-modern empire of the Meiji government.


FMA

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


shikigami

(Japanese mythology) A kind of ghost or spirit in Japanese folklore.


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.


isekai

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


tankobon

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.


Fakémon

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


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.


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

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Jigglypuff (plural Jigglypuff or Jigglypuffs)

Jigglypuff (plural)
Jigglypuffs (plural)

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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

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

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