"ヤンデレ" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [jã̠nde̞ɾe̞] Forms: yandere [romanization]
Etymology: Blend of 病んでる (yanderu, contraction of 病んでいる (yande iru, progressive tense of 病む (yamu, “to be sick”))) + でれでれ (deredere, “in a lovey-dovey, infatuated, or lovestruck manner”, adverb). Etymology templates: {{blend|ja|病んでる|でれでれ|pos1=contraction of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">病んでいる</i> (yande iru, progressive tense of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">病む</i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(yamu, “to be sick”)</span>)|pos2=adverb|t2=in a lovey-dovey, infatuated, or lovestruck manner|tr1=yanderu|tr2=deredere}} Blend of 病んでる (yanderu, contraction of 病んでいる (yande iru, progressive tense of 病む (yamu, “to be sick”))) + でれでれ (deredere, “in a lovey-dovey, infatuated, or lovestruck manner”, adverb) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ヤンデレ • (yandere)
  1. yandere Wikipedia link: ja:ヤンデレ Related terms: ツンデレ (tsundere), ダンデレ (dandere), クーデレ (kūdere)

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for ヤンデレ meaning in Japanese (2.4kB)

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