In some cases English and Japanese have contributed in complex ways to the formation of new words in either or both languages. (e.g. Hentai - ‘H’ - Ecchi )
Other subcultures have also adopted Japanese loan-words through contact with Anime and Manga media and fans.
In addition there are a great many Japanese words and phrases that fans and the curious will come across in relation to Anime and Manga.
- Ai (愛) — love
- Anime (アニメ) — Animation originating in Japan. Not a genre and contrary to popular misconceptions widely varying in style.
- beddo shiin — /bed scene/
- Bishie (bishi or bish) — fan term for Androgynous and/or effeminate males of all ages derived from Bishōnen , also applied to similar (beautiful but somewhat Butch ) females.
- Bishōnen (美少年) — beautiful boy — Japanese aesthetic concept of the ideally beautiful young man. Androgynous , Effeminate or gender ambiguous. In Japan it refers to youth with such characteristics, but in the west has become a generic term for attractively androgynous males of all ages.
- Catgirl — character with cat ears and a cat tail, but an otherwise human body.
- Chapatsu — "brown hair" The once-rebellious & trendy, now mainstream, style of bleaching (and occasionally dying) hair, found among Japanese teens.
- CM — ''Comics Market'' (see Comiket )
- Comiket — ''Comics Market'' — world's largest comic convention held biannually in Tokyo, Japan for producers and fans of Dōjinshi . (see Comic Party )
- Dōjinshi — amateur comic/zine
- dōseiaisha — ''same-sex-loving person'' — ( Etymology )
- Ecchi — perverted — from ‘H’ for Hentai
- Enjo Kōsai — "compensated dating" which may at times border on quasi-legal Prostitution . High school girls are paid by older men to take them out for a night on the town, possibly with sex included.
- Fuku — (セーラー服 sērā-fuku) — "sailorsuit" style Japanese girls school uniform.
- Gakuran (学ラン) — Uniform for middle school and high school boys in Japan. The Gakuran is derived from Prussian army uniforms.
- Ganguro (顔黒) literally "black face" — Fashion trend among Japanese girls. The look consists of bleached hair, a deep tan, both black and white eyeliners, false eyelashes, platform shoes, and brightly colored outfits.
- Ganbare - good luck or "you can do it"
- gei — transliteration of gay — Etymology
- Glomp — a hug in the manner of a small child, similar to a bearhug but often including one or both legs as well as arms.
- Gothloli — Gothic Lolita — A fashion trend where girls and young women dress in the style of elaborate porcelain dolls.
- Hentai — "abnormal" or "perverted" — Used by Western Audiences to refer to pornographic anime or erotica. However, in Japan the term used to refer to the same material is typically Poruno or Ero.
- Iinchō - Short for Gakkyū Iinchō, the class representative in a Japanese school.
- Lemon — material with explicit sexual content (not to be confused with the slang term for Lesbian in some English speaking cultures)
- Loli-Goth — Gothloli — Gothic Lolita
- Karawayo — phrase a Japanese girl utters before entering sexual intimacy (''shall I take my clothes off''?)
- Kemono (獣 or けもの) — "beast" — A genre of Japanese art and character design that prominently features animal-like fictional characters in human-like settings ( Anthropomorphism ) and situations. (see The Cat Returns , c.f. Furry )
- Kemonomimi — characters with animal features such as ears and a tails, but have a human body. Catgirl also falls under this concept.
- Kogal (コギャル ''kogyaru'') — A Subculture of girls and young women, the kogal "look" roughly approximates a sun-tanned California Valley Girl .
- komiketto — genericised form of Comiket (''Comics Market'')
- OAV — Original Animated Video, see OVA .
- okama — (pejorative) homosexual — (literally ''cooking pot'') Etymology
- Omake — Some kind of add-on bonus on an anime DVD, like a regular 'extra' on western DVDs.
- orijinaru — /original/
- Otaku — A big fan of something, in most cases anime/manga. The word is Japanese, and has a negative meaning associated with it in Japan. However, in other countries, anime fans likes to refer themselves as otaku.
- OVA — Original Video Animation, or OVA is a type of anime, which is intended to be distributed on VHS tapes or DVDs, and not to show in movies, or television.
- owari — "End" in Japanese, used by some Fanfiction authors at the end of their works.
- Oyaji (親父, おやじ, オヤジ) — ''Daddy'' — older male such as a teacher or other role model. Often slightly perverted, but usually portrayed affectionately.
- nanshoku — ''male love'' — a deprecated term for homosexuality Etymology
- rezu / rezubian — transliteration of lesbian — Etymology
- shōjo (少女) — "young woman" is, in western usage, a style of anime and Manga intended for girls
- Shōjo-ai — Otaku Neologism coined following the form of '' Shōnen-ai '', denoting Lesbian content, typically for material without explicit sex, in Anime , Manga , and related Fan Fiction . (q.v. Yuri )
- Shōnen (少年) — "young boy" is, in western usage, a style of anime and manga intended for boys. These works are characterized by high-action, often humorous plots featuring male protagonists, and unrealistically endowed female characters providing Fanservice .
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- Shudo — abbreviation for wakashudo — ''The Way of Young Men'' age structured homosexuality in Samurai society
- suki — "to love" in Japanese
- Visual Kei — a Japanese form of rock music defined by bands featuring performers in elaborate costumes but whose musical style varies.
- wakashudo — ''The Way of Young Men'' age structured homosexuality in Samurai society (see Shudo )
- Yaoi — Japanese acronym from '‘No climax, no point, no meaning’' (Yama nashi, Ochi nashi, Imi nashi) — Male-on-male sexual content. Sometimes used for all male/male romantic and sexual content.
- Yuri — Otaku jargon term for Lesbian content, typically used to denote only the most sexually explicit end of the spectrum, in Anime , Manga , and related Fan Fiction . (q.v. Shōjo-ai )
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