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."
In anime, nekupai ネクパイ is a slang for when a girl is wearing a "necktie," nekutai ネクタイ, that lies between her "boobs," oppai おっぱい, consequently emphasizing her breasts.
Although it ends up as nekupai in Japanese, in English it would be pronounced like neckpie. See: romaji.
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)
Character: Yurikawa Hana 百合川ハナ Anime: Mieruko-chan 見える子ちゃん (Episode 6)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 spelledkemonomimi ケモノ耳, and can be abbreviated to kemomimi ケモミミ.
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, 獣, kemono in kanji, will have the "beast" meaning, while in katakana, kemono ケモノ, has the slang "furry" meanings.
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)
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.
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)
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 romanizeShouta.
Warning: this term is often associated with pedophilia.
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)
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.
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)
Context: a shotacononeesan お姉さん tries to put her hands on a shota.
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.
Anime: Inu x Boku SS, 妖狐×僕ＳＳ (Episode 5)
Context: a lolicon attempts to lure a loli into a van using candy.
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.
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."
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."
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)?
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.
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.
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.
In Japanese, do-emu ドＭ, meaning literally "super masochistic," generally refers to a romantic personality type, which is different from what the word "masochist" means in English, and less often refers to someone who derives pleasure from pain, which is what masochist means in English.
In Japanese, do-S ドＳ, "super sadistic," may refer to a romantic personality type, may be a complaint about someone who likes to boss people around, or may refer to someone who is a sadist in the S&M sense.
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.
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)
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:
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."
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?
