do-S ドＳ

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.

Anime: Blend S, ブレンド・S (Episode 2)

• Meaning
  
  • Personality Type
  • Complaint
  • S&M
• Vocabulary

Meaning

The word do-esu ドＳ is composed by the intensifying do~ ド～ prefix, "super," plus the katakanized letter S, esu エス. It's also spelled do-esu 弩Ｓ.

Personality Type

In Japan, someone who is an S and is someone who is sadistic—a super S, super sadistic. Stereotypically, do-S refers to someone who:

• Likes bossing others around.
• Enjoys teasing others.
• Is romantically assertive.

In other words, the very opposite of do-M ドＭ, "super masochistic." They're supposed to complete each other as romantic personality types.

In anime, both sadistic and masochistic personality types are often exaggerated to weird levels. A do-S character ends up being one that:

• Likes ordering others around like slaves.
• Verbally abuses others, treats them like garbage.
• Makes unwarranted romantic advances.

In particular, many do-S characters in anime treat the heroine (or hero) coldly.

Anime: Grand Blue, ぐらんぶる (Episode 2)

• gomi wo miru you na me
  ゴミを見るような目
  Eyes like they're looking at garbage.

Someone who is just romantically assertive in general is called nikushokukei 肉食系, passive soushokukei 草食系. In regards to a single ship, the terms end up being seme 攻め and uke 受け.

Complaint

The word do-S may also mean "sadistic" in the sense of domineering or overbearing.

For example, if a character who's a superior, manager, boss, or so on, demands work non-stop, or work overtime, or is too strict with rules and punishments, they're going to be called "super sadistic," do-S, regardless of whether they enjoy making others suffer or not.

Consequently, calling someone an M may imply you think they're cute for having a submissive personality, but calling someone an S often implies you dislike them instead.

Furthermore, if the domineering character isn't anybody's boss, if it's just a random character demanding too much, they may sarcastically get addressed with the ~sama ～様 honorific, as if they were someone important.

The term goshujinsama ご主人さま, which may mean "master," including in BDSM, can also be used similarly. Similarly: joousama 女王様, "queen," in particular a BDSM mistress.

S&M

Lastly, do-S ドＳ can also refer to someone who is a sadist in the sadomasochistic sense, which means they enjoy seeing other people's suffering.

• do-esu onna
  ドＳ女
  A super sadistic woman.
• do-esu otoko
  ドＳ男
  A super sadistic man.

Vocabulary

For reference, some related terms:

• sadhisuto
  サディスト
  Sadist..
• sadhizumu
  サディズム
  Sadism.
• sado
  サド
  (either of the above)

• mazohisuto
  マゾヒスト
  Masochist.
• mazohizumu
  マゾヒズム
  Masochism.
• mazo
  マゾ
  (either of the above)

The missing B/D, plus native Japanese counterparts:

• bondeeji
  ボンデージ
  Bondage. (BDSM lingo only)
  (in English, "bondage" also means to be owned as slave by someone, for example, "bondage in Egypt" may refer to the slaves who built the pyramids. This meaning isn't shared by the Japanese katakanization)
• kousoku
  拘束
  Restraint.
• sokubaku
  束縛
  (same meaning, but more in the binding sense.)
• shibari 縛り
  The "tying up" of something. (from the verb shibaru 縛る, "to tie up.")

• dhishipurin
  ディシプリン
  Discipline. (again, BDSM lingo)
• fukujuu
  服従
  Submission. Obedience.
• shihai
  支配
  Domination. Rule. Control.

And the staple vocabulary known by practically every S/M character ever in manga:

• goshujinsama
  ご主人様
  Husband.
  Lord of the house.
  Master. Mistress. (in servant-master sense)
• joousama
  女王様
  Queen.
  Mistress. (BDSM.)

• dorei
  奴隷
  Slave.
• petto
  ペット
  Pet.
• pochi
  ポチ
  "Spotty" or something. Extremely unoriginal common name for a pet dog.

• kau
  飼う
  To keep an animal as a pet.
• choukyou
  調教
  To break (or train) an animal. (for example: a dog or horse)
• shitsuke
  躾
  The teaching of manners. Training. Disciplining.
• shitsukeru
  躾ける
  To teach manners, etc.

• purei
  プレイ
  Play.
  "Activity engaged in for enjoyment and recreation." - Oxford Dictionary
  ("What kind of play you're into?" etc.)
• esu-emu-purei
  ＳＭプレイ
  SM play.

• meirei
  命令
  Order. Command.
• meirei wo kikanai
  命令を聞かない
  To not listen to orders.

• oshioki
  お仕置き
  Punishment.
• gohoubi
  ご褒美
  Reward. (may or may not be synonymous with the above)

Gear:

• muchi
  ムチ (also 鞭)
  Whip.
• kubiwa
  首輪
  Collar. (literally "neck ring")
• te-kase
  手枷
  Hand shackles. Hand restraints.
• tejou
  手錠
  Handcuffs.
• ashi-kase
  足枷
  Feet restraint. Legcuffs.
• kuchi-kase
  口枷
  Mouth restraint. Ball gag, bit gag.
• me-kakushi
  目隠し
  "Eye-hiding." Blindfold.
• sankaku mokuba
  三角木馬
  Triangular wooden horse.
• rousoku
  ロウソク (蝋燭)
  Candle.

Situations:

• muchi-uchi
  鞭打ち
  Whip-hitting.
• supankingu
  スパンキング
  Spanking.
  • oshiri-tataki
    お尻叩き
    Butt-slapping.
• kotoba-zeme
  言葉責め
  Word attack.
  Verbal abuse.
• goumon
  拷問
  Torture.
• mizu-zeme
  水攻め
  Water attack.
  Water torture.
• ryona リョナ.
  Anime slang: virtually any situation with characters getting hurt.