Taboords

Japanese culture

Words from anime, manga and Japanese city life that the West adopted untranslated.

25 entries

Japanese culture Ahegao The hentai orgasm face: rolled eyes, tongue out, mouth open. It left the page and became a meme. Japanese culture Bukkake Several men come on one person, usually the face. In Japan the same word is also broth poured over noodles. Japanese culture Chuunibyou Japanese slang for the second year of middle school: a teen who imagines they are special, with homemade lore and a covered eye. Japanese culture Dandere A character quiet from shyness, who opens to few people and drops the long sentence when fear eases. Japanese culture Ecchi Ecchi (エッチ) is Japanese slang from the letter H: in speech it names the naughty and the act; in Western fandom it tags anime and manga built on innuendo and fanservice. Japanese culture Fujoshi A fan (usually a woman) of stories about romance between men: a label that began as an insult and became a tribe. Japanese culture Futanari Futanari is a manga and hentai trope: a feminine-looking character drawn with a penis, and the adult titles built around her; Japanese ふたなり reads two forms. Japanese culture Hentai Hentai (変態) is the Western name for pornographic Japanese manga, anime, and games. Japanese culture Hikikomori Someone who withdraws for months or years: almost no school, work or life outside the home — in Japanese social vocabulary. Japanese culture Isekai The other-world genre: the protagonist goes (or reincarnates) into a place with fantasy rules, often RPG rules. Japanese culture Iyashikei Healing works: low tempo, landscape, comfort without a save-the-world plot. Japanese culture Kuudere A low-speech, discreet-affection character: composed ice, warmth without a speech. Japanese culture Moe Sharp affection for a character — the chest warms at a trait: a voice, helplessness, competence, bangs. Japanese culture Nakadashi Japanese slang for ejaculating inside a partner; 中出し, the adult-media tag English-language porn usually calls creampie. Japanese culture Netorare The story where a partner is taken by someone else, and the camera stays with the one who loses. The tag is NTR. Japanese culture Oppai Informal Japanese for breasts: in Japan it still sounds like baby talk; in anime fandom the loanword points at a character's bust. Japanese culture Oshi The idol (or character) you push: a declared favourite, votes, streaming, merch, pride. Japanese culture Paizuri The Japanese name for sex with the breasts: the penis between them. English usually says titfuck or titjob. Japanese culture Panchira A brief glimpse of panties: the skirt lifts a second and the underwear shows. Japanese culture Senpai The one who arrived earlier at school, in the club, at work: senior in the path, by date of entry. Japanese culture Truck-kun The personified truck that hits the protagonist and opens the isekai. Japanese culture Tsundere A prickly archetype that melts: harsh on the surface and, in layers, affectionate. Japanese culture Waifu A character (almost always female) treated as a fandom wife: poster, figure, ironic vow. Japanese culture Yandere An archetype whose affection turns into possession: sweet on the surface, a threat when the bond shakes — fiction. Japanese culture Yaoi Stories of romance and sex between men, mostly made by women for women. In Japan today's umbrella is BL.