Japanese with Anime

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

lolicon

In English, lolicon refers to a genre of drawn pornography (hentai 変態) featuring underage female characters, i.e. "loli" characters. In Japanese, rorikon ロリコン means "pedophile" instead, although "pedophile" in English has heavier connotations than "lolicon" in Japanese.

A van driver offers free candy to a little girl.
Anime: Inu x Boku SS, 妖狐×僕SS (Episode 5)
  • Context: a lolicon attempts to lure a loli into a van using candy.

The male counterparts are shota ショタ and shotacon ショタコン.

loli

In anime, a loli ロリ is a little girl or underage female character. The male variant of loli is shota ショタ. It's also romanized rori.

Warning: this term is often associated with pedophilia.

Miyauchi Renge 宮内れんげ, i>Koshigaya Komari 越谷小鞠, Koshigaya Natsumi 越谷夏海, example of characters that may be considered lolis.
Left: Miyauchi Renge 宮内れんげ
Middle: Koshigaya Komari 越谷小鞠
Right: Koshigaya Natsumi 越谷夏海
Anime: Non Non Biyori のんのんびより (Episode 1)
Saturday, January 27, 2018

yukadon 床ドン

In Japanese, yukadon 床ドン is when a guy is over a girl on the floor and places his hands on the floor, or vice-versa. It's a flirting trope seen in romance fiction in general, but the term can be used to refer to the act even when flirting isn't involved.

Literally, yukadon is a kabedon 壁ドン about hitting the "floor," yuka 床, rather than the "wall," kabe 壁. In both words, don ドン is an onomatopoeia for the *thud* sound that comes from hitting the wall or the floor with your hands.

Kohaku コハク, and Senkuu 千空, example of yukadon 床ドン.
Top: Kohaku コハク
Bottom: Senkuu 千空
Anime: Dr. Stone, ドクターストーン (Episode 10, Stitch, Altered)

kabedon 壁ドン - Meaning in Japanese, Types

In Japanese, kabedon 壁ドン is when a guy flirts with a girl by putting his hand, arm, elbow, or even legs on a wall, or when a girl flirts with a guy, or doesn't flirt, but threatens instead, or anything like that, plus dozens of other variations. Literally, kabedon is the sound of impact, DON! ドン! on a "wall," kabe 壁. This is sometimes translated to English as "wall slam."

Example of ryoute-kabedon 両手壁ドン.
Manga: Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii ヲタクに恋は難しい

Did Kanna Really Say Cuckold in Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon?

In Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon there was scene where Kanna literally says netorare (written as NTR in the manga). Some subtitles have turned their eyes away, putting something completely unrelated in place, others left it untranslated, while some translated the phrase as "cuckold."

Kanna saying "cuckold" or "netorare" in the manga and anime Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon

Now, the watchers who were paying attention probably found this translation a bit odd. After all, everything indicates Kanna showed up because she thought Kobayashi took Tohru away from her. So, if anything, Kanna is in the role of "cuckold" here, not Kobayashi. Why'd she call Kobayashi a "cuckold" when Kobayashi got the girl (Tohru)?

Friday, January 26, 2018

netori 寝取り

In Japanese, netori 寝取り means "sleeping with someone else's partner," be it their girlfriend, boyfriend, wife, husband, or even someone who's not really their partner, like their childhood friend, or something like that.

NTR

In Japanese, NTR is an abbreviation for netorare 寝取られ or netori 寝取り.

知ってる・・・ あなたがたぶらかした 体で NTR んん!?
Manga: Kobayashi-san Chi no Meidoragon 小林さんちのメイドラゴン (Chapter 6, トールとカンナ)
  • shitteru...
    知ってる・・・
    [I] know.
  • anaga ga taburakashita
    あなたがたぶらかした
    You seduced [her].
  • karada de
    体で
    With [your] body.
  • netorare
    NTR
    The act of having one's lover taken by someone else. (literally.)
    You're taking her from me. (in this context.)
  • nn!?
    んん!?
    Hmmm!?

A diagram of the abbreviation NTR.
Manga: Seitokai Yakuindomo 生徒会役員共 (Volume 2)

Besides NTR, the abbreviations NTL, NTRR, and NTRS also exist.

netorare 寝取られ

Within the anime fandom, netorare 寝取られ refers to a genre of pornography featuring "cuckolding" and people "cheating" on their partners romantically or sexually. It's often associated with hentai and doujinshi 同人誌.

Sometimes netorare is abbreviated to NTR.
Thursday, January 25, 2018

waifu - Meaning

In anime, "waifu" is a way to refer to a female character as if it were their wife, often sarcastically. That is, your waifu is the character you'd want to marry with, if they weren't a character.

From there, a series having many "waifus" means it has many characters that could be potential wives, which basically means it has many cute girls, i.e. "waifus" is synonymous with "heroines" in the dating simulation game sense.

A waifu vending machine.
Source: waifulabs.com/blog/ax, accessed 2021-11-11.

do~ ド~ - Prefix

In Japanese, do ド means "super," or "mega," or "hyper, " or "ultra," or "very." It's an intensifying prefix often used exaggeratedly.

For example, esu S means "sadist" in Japanese, while do-esu ドS means "super sadist." Similarly, inaka 田舎 means "countryside," while do-inaka ド田舎 would be "super countryside," "in the boondocks," and so on.

ド変態行為・・・・・・!?
Manga: Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai ~Tensai-Tachi no Ren'ai Zunousen かぐや様は告らせたい~天才たちの恋愛頭脳戦~ (Chapter 13)
Saturday, January 20, 2018

Types of Otaku

In Japanese, the term otaku オタク, wotaku ヲタク, and the abbreviations wota ヲタ and ota オタ, refer not only to anime enthusiasts but also pretty much every sort of enthusiast, hobbyist, nerd, or pretty much any weirdo with some sort of odd interest, knowledge and passion about anything.

Thus, here's a list of types of otaku in Japanese and their respective meanings in English:
Sunday, January 7, 2018

Wota ヲタ

In Japanese, word wota ヲタ is an abbreviation of wotaku ヲタク, and is frequently used to refer to things related to otaku オタク. Sometimes ota オタ is used the same way.

For example, wotagei ヲタ芸 or otagei オタ芸, literally "otaku performance," is a notorious type of dance performed by fans of idols (otaku) in support for their idols.

Words for types of otaku may also feature this abbreviation. For example, aniwota アニヲタ is the abbreviation of anime wotaku アニメヲタク, an "anime otaku."
Wednesday, January 3, 2018

wotaku ヲタク

So, this season there seems to be an anime called Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii ヲタクに恋は難しい, a romcom between an otaku and a fujoshi, literally "for an otaku love is difficult." And, despite me saying the word otaku over and over, you can see that in Japanese the word is wotaku ヲタク, not otaku オタク. After all, what's the difference between otaku and wotaku? What does wotaku mean?