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Japanese slang does not arrive in one flavour. These are the 308 words in YABAI, sorted by where you actually hear them.
- Anime-ish 8 中二病伏線回収神回 Words you meet through anime and the people who watch it.
- Cute 24 あざといドキドキふわふわ Soft words — the ones that sound a little like what they mean.
- Everyday 44 垢抜ける天邪鬼あるある Ordinary Japanese that a textbook translates but never quite explains.
- Internet 58 アンチ案件荒らし Japanese that grew up on timelines, forums and comment sections.
- Otaku 46 爆死物販DD Fandom vocabulary: how people talk about the things they love too much.
- Reactions 26 あーねドン引きいやいやいや What you say in the second after something happens.
- Slang 72 アガるアリアツい The everyday slang — words that carry tone rather than information.
- Untranslatable 30 甘え別腹ボケとツッコミ No clean English equivalent. The story has to do the translating.