Japanese Glossary For Picture Board Users Image boards have grown to be a well known web pastime in recent

years. If you have been to places like 4chan, 7chan, and also the like, you've seen a distinctive culture that mixes illustrated and photographic art from both Western and Japanese culture. After you browse these places for awhile, it starts to be obvious that Japanese and English are mixed collectively a lot, you'll need a foot in each culture to know what's heading on. So here is a manual towards the most typical Japanese words you will find in the world of picture boards. Maintain in thoughts that these locations are inhabited mainly by anime, manga, and video clip sport fans, so the majority of the phrases need to do with this tradition. anime - Japanese animation. All animated cartoons originating in Japan. baka - A fool, or art representing foolishness. Disney's character Goofy could be considered baka. bancho - A delinquent or rebellious boy. bara - A gay guy, or art attractive to or depicting gay males. bishojo - An attractive youthful lady, older than adolescence but younger than college age. bukkake - A fetish for messy sex, and artwork depicting this fetish. burikko - An grownup pretending to be a child. Features in art depicting age-play. -chan - A suffix meaning "relating to;" also a Japanese honorific. chibi - A short, small individual or a extremely youthful kid. Also a particular anime/manga drawing style, making a character seem dwarfish or distorted. Western cartoon elves may be considered chibi. cosplay - The exercise of dressing up as a favorite character from anime/mange. Frequently done at comic guide conventions and other fan events. desu - A short Japanese phrase that hyperlinks a noun and verb, literally translated as "it is." Image boards have taken this like a meme, often repeating "desu desu desu," for various reasons, including to tease the newbies or stubbornly persist in an argument. doujinshi - Self-published function. The equivalent of desktop selfpublishing for manga. ecchi - The generic term for sexual materials. futanari - Hermaphrodites, or art depicting hermaphrodites. Half-malehalf-female. gaiden - Side or supplemental materials. In image boards, gaiden could be some four-panel cartoons of manga characters, depicting events that do not count in the manga itself. A side-story or spin-off. guro - Very gross pornography depicting extreme injuries, mutilation, or demise. The manga equal of "snuff porn." hentai - Erotic bondage manga. Most erotic Japanese illustrative material falls into this category. hikikomori - An otaku taken towards the subsequent degree: a loner and outsider whose only curiosity is anime/manga fandom. The equivalent of the Western "basement geek," only suggesting a neurotic, unhealthy diploma of each obsession and isolation. itasha - The subculture of decorating a vehicle with decals of manga/

anime characters. josei - A manga genre attractive to grownup women. The equal of Western soap-operas. kaitou - A mysterious. elusive thief. Also someone with phantom-like aspects. A stealthy person who lives in the shadows. The equivalent of Western rogue or hobbit. katana - A Japanese sword. About 99% with the time whenever you see ninjas and samurai with swords, they're shown wielding katanas. kawaii - Meeting the Japanese regular for "cute." kawaiiko - A cute kid. kei - Initially a sculpture type used to depict Buddha. Instead of the more familiar (to the West) vision of Buddha as a jolly, laughing fellow, Japanese Buddhas are slim and serious. lolicon - A slang expression shared between Japanese and Western culture, for that preference for child-like depictions of women. manga - Japanese comic publications. All graphic, printed media of a cartoon nature originating in Japan. mangaka - A manga creator. Japanese for "cartoonist." manzai - A style of humor involving a comedic duo of one "straight man" and one "funny guy." In Western tradition, Abbot and Costello could be considered manzai. mecha - Anime or manga involving large, armored, warrior robots, generally piloted by a human inside. meganekko - The attraction to women who wear eyeglasses. Anime or manga depicting "geeky" girls. miko - A female temple attendant. The equivalent to some Western nun. moe - A slang expression to get a fan of anime or manga, or the attraction to anime and manga characters. neko - A kitten or a cat, particularly when shown as being cute. Also relates to explain a woman inside a cat costume, or half-human-halfcats. oekaki - Scribbling and doodling. Novice artwork by followers. ojou - A high-class or wealthy woman. omorashi - A fetish for urination. The equivalent of Western "water sports." oni - A demon or evil spirit. oranyan - A male who's by turns aggressive and aloof, and sweet and charming. otaku - A very powerful fan of manga, anime, or video video games. More severe than moe, not as severe as hikikomori. pokemon - The most well-known anime/ manga/ video sport franchise in Japan. sakura - A cherry blossom. A really typical artistic theme in Japan. seinen - A manga genre attractive to adult males. The male equal of josei. sensei - A instructor or grasp. sentai - Japanese superheros. Also refers to military heros; in the West, Hercules and G.I. Joe would each fall under the class of sentai. shibari - Japanese bondage, involving rope bondage raised to an intricate and specialized artwork type. shinigami - A Japanese angel of demise, in mythology. The equal with the Western "grim reaper," even though shinigami really are a entire

class of entities rather than just one. shojo - A manga genre appealing to youthful women and girls. The younger equal of josei. shonen - A manga genre appealing to youthful men and boys. Usually motion and adventure stories. shotacon - The Japanese edition of "boy's adore," the depiction of young boys in an erotic context. The male version of lolicon. sukeban - A delinquent or rebellious girl. tan - A suffix meaning a character used like a mascot to get a item. For instance, characters utilized to signify various pc running methods are "OS-tans." tsundere - A female who's by turns aggressive and aloof, and sweet and charming. yakuza - Japanese gangs and gangsters. Organized crime. The equivalent of Western Mafia. yandere - A psychotic stalker. A genre of Japanese manga/anime depicting shy, quiet people who become smitten towards the stage of obsession with someone, eventually turning violent and abusive, perhaps even murderous. yaoi - Japanese manga/anime depicting male homosexuals but intended for females. In the West, in the event you created fiction especially for "fag hags," it might be known as yaoi. yuri - A lesbian, or artwork attractive to or depicting gay ladies.

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