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Pafko Publications, 2002 |
The Otaku Slang Dictionary Essential Words Needed For the Anime Fanatic |
| Anime
/a-n'ê-mâ/ n (Jp) 1: kick-ass animation and themes for
teenagers and adults 2: the best thing since sliced pan Syn JAPANIMATION Baka /bä-kä/
adj (Jp) 1: idiot; 2: anyone who is not an otaku Chibi /chi-b'ê/ adj (Jp) 1: small, tiny, insignificant; 2: cute Dub /däb/ n (Eng) 1: an anime show whose original sound track was dubbed over by English (or respected language) usually allowing errors in script and performance; 2: better than Subs! Fan-website /fan-web-sît/ n (Eng) 1: a website totally devoted to one's favorite anime series/movie; 2: a good career move Gomen /gô-mân / adj (Jp) 1: I'm sorry; 2: I'm sorry, please don't smite me Gomen nasai /gô-mân-näsî/ adj (Jp) 1: polite form of gomen; 2: I've very sorry, please don't mutilate |
me to the point where I'm a steaming glop of goo…or inflict any pain whatsoever on me Hentai /hen-tî/ n (Jp) pervert, someone with a very perverse mind usually male Kawaii /kä-wî/ adj (Jp) adorable, cute, pretty Nani /nä-nê/ interrog. (Jp) what Otaku /ô-tä-kü/ n (Jp) 1: a person totally obsessed with anime; 2: the coolest people on the face of the Earth; 3: modest people who should be the rulers of the universe!!! Pan /pän/ n (Jp, Sp) 1: a tomboy quarter-Saiyan from Dragonball GT; 2: bread Sake /sä-kê/ n (Jp) the drink of champions Shimatta /shê-mät-tä/ interj (Jp) a bad Japanese word Sub /säb/ n (Eng) 1: an anime show whose original sound track has not been altered in any way and is subtitled in English (or respected language); 2: better than Dubs! |