"二次元" meaning in Japanese

See 二次元 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɲ̟iʑiɡẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 二次元 [canonical] (ruby: (), (), (げん)), nijigen [romanization]
Etymology: 二 (ni) + 次元 (-jigen) Etymology templates: {{suf|ja|二|次元|tr1=ni|tr2=jigen}} 二 (ni) + 次元 (-jigen) Head templates: {{ja-noun|にじげん}} 二(に)次(じ)元(げん) • (nijigen)
  1. the second dimension
    Sense id: en-二次元-ja-noun-Zmo13P2U
  2. (by extension, Internet slang) the 2D (i.e. anime, manga, video games, etc.) world; the fictional world Tags: Internet, broadly
    Sense id: en-二次元-ja-noun-oGUDqO3- Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms suffixed with 次元, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Geometry, Two Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 12 88 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese terms suffixed with 次元: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 17 83 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Geometry: 42 58 Disambiguation of Two: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: 零次元 (reijigen) (ruby: (れい), (), (げん)), 一次元 (ichijigen) (ruby: (いち), (), (げん)), 2.5次元 (ni-ten-go-jigen) (ruby: 2.5(にてんご), (), (げん)), 三次元 (sanjigen) (ruby: (さん), (), (げん)) (english: the real world), 四次元 (yojigen) (ruby: (), (), (げん))
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Download raw JSONL data for 二次元 meaning in Japanese (3.3kB)

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