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Thursday, February 1, 2018

paizuri パイズリ

In Japanese, paizuri パイズリ means "boob-job" (the sexual act, not the surgery type). It comes from oppai おっぱい, meaning "boobs," and zuri ズリ meaning "rubbing," so paizuri is literally "boob-rubbing."

Painting of a woman eating a mushroom.
Anime: Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai 下ネタという概念が存在しない退屈な世界 (Episode 2)
  • Pic unrelated: a woman eating a mushroom.
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Breast Sizes

WIP
For reference, terms for breasts sizes in Japanese, and related vocabulary.

Boob Window

In anime, when a girl's clothes for some reason has a hole in the middle of the chest that lets show her breasts, the term for that in Japanese is tanima hooru 谷間ホール, literally "cleavage hole." In English, it's usually called "cleavage window," or "boob window."

A single word term for it is "keyhole." Sometimes, it's also called a "peekaboo."

Kanroji Mitsuri 甘露寺蜜璃, example of "cleavage window," tanima hooru 谷間ホール.
Character: Kanroji Mitsuri 甘露寺蜜璃
Anime: Kimetsu no Yaiba 鬼滅の刃 (Episode 22, After-Credits Scene)

paisura パイスラ (pai slash)

In Japanese, π/, "pi slash," also translated as pai slash, from paisurasshu パイスラッシュ, abbreviated paisura パイスラ, is when a strap of a backpack or something similar crosses (slashes) a girl's chest diagonally, emphasizing her oppai おっぱい, "breasts."(dic.pixiv.net)

Yurikawa Hana 百合川ハナ, example of "pai slash" (paisura パイスラ).
Character: Yurikawa Hana 百合川ハナ
Anime: Mieruko-chan 見える子ちゃん (Episode 6)

Hairbra

In anime, when a girl's breasts are covered by nothing but her hair, the term for that in English is "hairbra," in Japanese: kami-bura 髪ブラ.

Jashin-chan 邪神ちゃん, example of Godiva hair, "hair bra," kami-bura 髪ブラ.
Character: Jashin-chan 邪神ちゃん
Anime: Jashin-chan Dropkick, 邪神ちゃんドロップキック (Episode 1)

Another English term is Godiva Hair, named after the 11th century Countess of Mercia who rode a horse naked with hair covering her breasts.

Handbra

In anime, when a girl uses her hands or arms to cover her breasts, the term for that in Japanese is te-bura 手ブラ, literally "hand bra." This is also the English term for the same thing.

oppai おっぱい

In Japanese, oppai おっぱい means "boobs" or "breast milk." It's a slang. When it means breast milk, it's either used by small children or by mothers talking to or about their children, babies, etc. about breast-feeding. In every other case, and in anime specially, it means boobs, which is what this article is about.

Saitama サイタマ wearing an oppai おっぱい hoodie.
Manga: One Punch Man

(they actually sell that oppai hoodie, by the way)

How to Say "Furry" in Japanese

Something which is "furry," the adjective, is kedarake 毛だらけ, literally "full of fur."

The term for furry characters in manga and anime and anthropomorphic characters based on animals is kemono ケモノ. Generally, the term "beast ears," kemonomimi 獣耳 is associated with characters that only feature animal ears.

The term kemono also refers to furry art in general.

Finally, a furry in Japanese, as in someone who likes furry art, is called a kemonaa ケモナー, which would be a kemono-er, a kemoner, kemoneer, or something like that.

ケモナーマスクだが
Manga: Kemono Michi けものみち (Chapter 1)
  • Kemonaa Masuku da ga
    ケモナーマスクだが
    [I] am Kemoner Mask, however.
    [My name] is Kemoner Mask, however.

kemonomimi

In Japanese, kemonomimi 獣耳, meaning "beast ears," refers to animal ears worn as accessory by anime characters, or characters that have animal ears as part of their bodies. It's also spelled kemonomimi ケモノ耳, and can be abbreviated to kemomimi ケモミミ.

Various types of "beast ears," kemonomimi 獣耳.
Anime: Kemono Friends けものフレンズ (Episode 6)

kemono 獣, ケモノ

What is the meaning of kemono in Japanese? It can mean an animal as in a furry "beast;" an anthropomorphic "furry" character; or artwork featuring such characters. Typically, , kemono in kanji, will have the "beast" meaning, while in katakana, kemono ケモノ, has the slang "furry" meanings.

Examples of kemono characters.
Anime: Made in Abyss, メイドインアビス
Anime: Beastars
Anime: Flying Witch, ふらいんぐうぃっち
Anime: Aggressive Retsuko, アグレッシブ烈子 (2016)

oneshota

In Japanese, oneshota おねショタ means a pairing of an oneesan お姉さん with a shota ショタ, that is, when a character that's a little boy (shota) is paired with a young girl (oneesan) who's older than him, that's called oneshota.

Warning: this term is associated with drawn pornography (hentai 変態) featuring underage characters.

Quetzalcoatl ケツァルコアトル and Magatsuchi Shouta 真ヶ土翔太, example of oneshota おねショタ pairing.
Left: Quetzalcoatl ケツァルコアトル
Right: Magatsuchi Shouta 真ヶ土翔太
Anime: Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon, 小林さんちのメイドラゴン (Episode 7, Stitch, Cropped)

shota

In anime, a shota ショタ is a little boy, or, more generally, any male character that's underage. The female variant of shota is loli ロリ. Sometimes, Shota is someone's name instead, specially Shōta with a macron, which is another way to romanize Shouta.

Warning: this term is often associated with pedophilia.

Yamada Pochi 山田ポチ (a dog boy) and Okamoto Tama 岡本タマ (a cat boy) eating cake.
Left: Yamada Pochi 山田ポチ
Right: Okamoto Tama 岡本タマ
Anime: Uchi Tama?! Uchi no Tama Shirimasen ka? うちタマ?!~うちのタマ知りませんか?~ (Episode 1)

The term shota is also romanized syota.

shotacon

In English, shotacon refers to a genre of drawn pornography (hentai 変態) featuring underage male characters, i.e. shota ショタ characters. In Japanese, shotakon ショタコン means "pedophile" instead, although "pedophile" in English has heavier connotations than "shotacon" in Japanese.

Ran Luckmolde, ラン・ラックモルデ tries to put her hands on Pat Campbell, パット・キャンベル.
Left: Pat Campbell, パット・キャンベル
Right: Ran Luckmolde, ラン・ラックモルデ
Anime: Mugen no Ryvius, 無限のリヴァイアス (Episode 8)

It's also romanized syotakon.

The female counterparts are loli ロリ and lolicon ロリコン.