58 words
Japanese internet words
Japanese that grew up on timelines, forums and comment sections.
- アンチ anchi A hater who keeps watching.
- 案件 anken This post is sponsored.
- 荒らし arashi A troll wrecking the thread.
- 映える baeru Instant post material.
- バズる bazuru Blew up overnight.
- ドパガキ dopagaki Dopamine-fried brain, usually your own.
- エアプ eapu Talks big, never actually played.
- エゴサ egosa Searching your own name. Again.
- エンジョイ勢 enjoizei Here for fun, not for winning.
- 炎上 enjou The whole timeline is on fire.
- フォロバ foroba Follow back, please.
- 誤爆 gobaku Sent it to the wrong chat.
- 語彙力 goiryoku My vocabulary has left the building.
- インプレゾンビ inpure zonbi Reply spam farming views.
- 自撮り jidori A selfie, taken by you.
- 鍵垢 kagiaka A locked, private account.
- 界隈 kaiwai The scene. That crowd.
- 課金 kakin Spending real money in a game.
- 神ゲー kamigee A god-tier game.
- 既読スルー kidoku suruu Read at 21:04. No reply. Ever.
- 切り抜き kirinuki The highlight clip.
- コメ欄 kome ran The comment section.
- 考察班 kousatsu han The fan theory squad.
- 草 kusa lol, literally grass.
- クソゲー kusogee A genuinely terrible game.
- マジレス majiresu Answering a joke completely seriously.
- 飯テロ meshi tero Posting food photos at midnight.
- 身バレ mibare Your real identity leaks out.
- 盛れる moreru Makes you look way better in photos.
- 無課金 mukakin Free-to-play, and proud of it.
- 無理ゲー murigee The difficulty is set to impossible.
- ネタバレ netabare Spoilers. Say no more.
- 匂わせ niowase Saying it without saying it.
- オワコン owakon Yesterday's thing. Officially over.
- 親ガチャ oya gacha You can't reroll your family.
- ポチる pochiru One click and it's bought.
- ラグい ragui Laggy. Unplayably so.
- レスバ resuba A reply war nobody wins.
- リア充 riajuu Winning at real life.
- リアタイ riatai Watching it live, as it airs.
- リムる rimuru To quietly unfollow.
- リポスト riposuto Passing it on, one tap.
- リプ ripu A reply — the whole social currency.
- ROM専 romu sen Reads everything, posts nothing.
- りょ ryo The fastest possible 'k'.
- 晒す sarasu Put someone on blast, publicly.
- 〇〇しか勝たん shika katan Nothing else compares.
- 初見 shoken First time seeing this.
- 初見殺し shoken goroshi A trap you can't dodge blind.
- 承認欲求 shounin yokkyuu The hunger to be seen.
- スクショ sukusho Screenshot it.
- ステマ sutema Sneaky paid promo.
- 詰んだ tsunda Game over. I'm done.
- 釣り tsuri Clickbait. You took the hook.
- 裏垢 uraaka A secret second account.
- わかりみ wakarimi I feel that in my bones.
- 病み垢 yamiaka An account for the heavy days.
- やり込み yarikomi Playing far past "finished".
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