主人公

[shújíńꜜkòò]

From Middle Chinese 主人公 (MC tsyuX nyin kuwng).

この物語の主人公は蛙である。

Kono monogatari no shujinkō wa kaeru de aru.

The main character in this story is a frog.


ピエロ

2000 January 27, “マーダーサーカス・ゾンビ [Murder Circus Zombie]”, in Vol.7, Konami:

A clown revived by dark forces. It will send you to your grave with its mad dance.

闇の力で生き返ったピエロ。フラフラとした踊りで死へといざなう。

Yami no chikara de ikikaetta piero. Furafura to shita odori de shi e to izanau.

Synonym of 道化師 (dōkeshi, “clown”) (performance artist working in a circus); Pierrot


道化師

ja-noun

道(どう)化(け)師(し) • (dōkeshi) ^(←だうけし (daukesi)?)

道化師 (canonical)
dōkeshi (romanization)
daukesi (romanization)
だうけし (hiragana historical)

2000 January 27, “闇(やみ)・道(どう)化(け)師(し)のサギー [Treekster, the Dark Clown]”, in Vol.7, Konami:

A clown who pops up out of nowhere and dodges attacks with wacky movements.

どこからともなく現れる道化師。不思議な動きで攻撃をかわす。

Doko kara to mo naku arawareru dōkeshi. Fushigi na ugoki de kōgeki o kawasu.

a clown (performance artist working in a circus)


化身

Daijirin
Daijisen
Incarnation
Kyōsuke Kindaichi
Nirmāṇakāya
ja:NHK出版
ja:NHK放送文化研究所
ja:化身
ja:松村明

From Middle Chinese 化身 (MC xwaeH syin, “transformation + body”), itself a translation of Sanskrit निर्माणकाय (nirmāṇakāya, “body of transformations”).
Very rarely encountered with the reading kashin, using the kan'on reading of ka for the 化 character instead of the usual goon reading of ke. Most resources do not include the kashin reading.

der

(drama) a ghastly apparition in kabuki or other drama


兄貴

兄貴 (canonical)
兄貴 (canonical)
Aniki (romanization)

(informal) A nickname for older or muscular men, but especially including:

(Internet slang) Billy Herrington, gay porn actor


式神

ja-noun

式(しき)神(がみ) or 式(しき)神(じん) • (shikigami or shikijin)

式神 (canonical)
式神 (canonical)
shikigami (romanization)
shikijin (romanization)

Compound of 式 (shiki, “ceremony”) + 神 (kami, “god, spirit”). The kami changes to gami due to rendaku (連濁).
Alternately, compound of 式 (shiki, “ceremony”) + 神 (jin, “god, spirit”).

compound

A kind of familiar spirit, summoned-up in service as a servant to the will of a practitioner of the onmyōdō (陰陽道) religion, very much like a western familiar.


自由の女神

自由の女神 (canonical)
Jiyū no Megami (romanization)

From 自由 (jiyū, “freedom; liberty”) + の (no, attributive marker) + 女神 (megami, “goddess”).


正義の女神

正義の女神 (canonical)
Seigi no Megami (romanization)

From 正義 (seigi, “justice”) + の (no, attributive marker) + 女神 (megami, “goddess”).


ジョーク

ja-noun

ジョーク • (jōku)

1995, “TOMORROW”, 岡本真夜, 真名杏樹 (lyrics), performed by 岡本真夜:

あわててジョークにしても その笑顔が悲しい

awatete jōku ni shite mo sono egao ga kanashii

Even if you frantically try to pass it off as a joke, your smile is sad


悪役

a villain (bad person in a stage or screen play)


続編

[d͡zo̞kɯ̟̊hẽ̞ɴ]


ヒーロー

ヒーロー • (hīrō)


パロディ

1989 November 10 [1988 May 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “ある日…… [One Day……]”, in 征地球論 [A Debate over Conquering Earth] (藤子・Ｆ・不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 3), 2nd edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第四章, page 816:

‘Walk’ sounds fine. It’s a parody, after all.

ウォークでいいんです パロディですから

ウォークでいいんです パロディですから

ウォークでいいんです パロディですから

parody (expression making fun of something else)


ハッピーエンド

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from happy + end, calque of English happy ending


ワルキューレ

[β̞a̠ɾɯ̟kʲɨːɾe̞]


昔昔

昔昔 (canonical)
mukashi mukashi (romanization)

Reduplication of 昔(むかし) (mukashi, “the past, old times”).

昔昔、遠いところに…


ゆめおち

ゆめおち (canonical)
ゆめオチ (canonical)
yumeochi (romanization)

(fiction) Revealing that the a story was all part of a dream; the "it was all a dream" ending.


ミーム

ja-noun

ミーム • (mīmu)


呆け

呆け (canonical)
呆け (canonical)
boke (romanization)


突っ込み

突っ込み (canonical)
突っ込み (canonical)
tsukkomi (romanization)


惚け

惚け (canonical)
惚け (canonical)
boke (romanization)

(comedy) a funnyman (character who does or says stupid things and is called out by a straight man)


振り

/puri/ → /furi/
From Old Japanese.
The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 振(ふ)る (furu, “to swing”).


前編

[d͡zẽ̞mpẽ̞ɴ]


デウス・エクス・マキナ

Learned borrowing from Latin deus ex māchinā

lbor

ja:デウス・エクス・マキナ


申楽

[sa̠ɾɯ̟ɡa̠kɯ̟]

申楽談儀

申楽談儀 さるがくだんぎ


猿楽

[sa̠ɾɯ̟ɡa̠kɯ̟]

近江猿楽

近江猿楽 おうみさるがく

猿楽法師

猿楽法師 さるがくほうし

呪師猿楽

呪師猿楽 じゅしさるがく

新猿楽記

新猿楽記 しんさるがくき

大和猿楽

大和猿楽 やまとさるがく


猿楽

ja-noun

猿(さる)楽(ごう) • (sarugō) ^(←さるがう (sarugau)?)

猿楽 (canonical)
sarugō (romanization)
sarugau (romanization)
さるがう (hiragana historical)

[sa̠ɾɯ̟ɡo̞ː]


挿入歌

(drama, film) a song sung between acts or similar breaks; an intermezzo


敵役

敵役 (canonical)
katakiyaku (romanization)


トゥルーエンド

トゥルーエンド • (turū endo)

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from true + end.

pseudo-loan

(gaming) "true" ending of a storyline with multiple endings (as decided by the game's creator), which is usually the most idyllic and ideal


死に神

死に神 (canonical)
Shinigami (romanization)

First attested in the mid-Edo period, cited to a text in 1709.
Compound of 死に (shini, “dying”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 死ぬ (shinu), “to die”) + 神 (kami, “god, spirit”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

compound

the Grim Reaper (personification of death)


ブーブークッション

ja-noun

ブーブークッション • (būbū kusshon)

[bɯ̟ːbɯ̟ː kɯ̟ɕːõ̞ɴ]


ラブコメディー

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


おやじギャグ

おやじギャグ (canonical)
オヤジギャグ (canonical)
oyaji gyagu (romanization)

[o̞ja̠ʑi ɡʲa̠ɡɯ̟]


アメリカンジョーク

→ English: American joke (calque)

[a̠me̞ɾʲika̠ɲ̟ d͡ʑo̞ːkɯ̟]

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from American + joke

"American joke"; a joke exhibiting American humor that does not translate well into a Japanese context / Japanese culture


クリフハンガー

[kɯ̟ɾʲiɸɯ̟hã̠ŋɡa̠ː]


でおち

でおち (canonical)
でオチ (canonical)
deochi (romanization)

From 出(で) (de, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 出(で)る (deru).”) + 落(お)ち (ochi).

ja-compound

(comedy) starting right off the bat with jokes