46 words
Japanese otaku words
Fandom vocabulary: how people talk about the things they love too much.
- 爆死 bakushi Blew it all, got nothing.
- 物販 buppan The merch stand, and its terrifying queue.
- DD dii dii Loves every member equally.
- 同担拒否 doutan kyohi Don't like the same one I like.
- 円盤 enban The disc. Blu-ray, to civilians.
- 遠征 ensei Traveling across the country for your fave.
- 腐女子 fujoshi Rotten girl — but only she gets to say it.
- 布教 fukyou Missionary work, but for fandom.
- ガチ恋 gachikoi Not a joke. Actually in love.
- ガチ勢 gachizei The hardcore faction.
- 現場 genba The venue. Where your fave actually exists.
- 限界オタク genkai otaku Screaming. No vocabulary left.
- 原作勢 gensaku zei Team read-it-first.
- 廃課金 haikakin Whale-level spending.
- 箱推し hako oshi I refuse to pick a favourite.
- 痛バ ita ba A bag armored in badges of your fave.
- 地雷 jirai A landmine. Hard no.
- 解釈違い kaishaku chigai That's not how my character works.
- 解釈一致 kaishaku icchi Our headcanons match.
- 神引き kamibiki A miracle pull.
- カプ kapu The pairing you'd defend with your life.
- 古参 kosan Here since before it was cool.
- 供給 kyoukyuu Official content, treated as rations.
- ミリしら mirishira Zero knowledge, not even one millimetre.
- 二次創作 niji sousaku Fan-made work built on someone else's world.
- にわか niwaka Brand new fan, and honest about it.
- 沼 numa A swamp you can't escape.
- 沼落ち numaochi The exact moment you fall in the swamp.
- 沼る numaru Fell in deep. Not coming back.
- 推せる oseru I'd stan that, honestly.
- 推し oshi My one and only fave.
- 推し変 oshi hen Switching to a new fave.
- 推し活 oshikatsu Loving your fave, as a lifestyle.
- オタク otaku The word all fandom vocabulary hangs off.
- ペンラ penra The concert glow stick.
- リセマラ risemara Reroll until the start is perfect.
- 履修 rishuu Officially caught up on the required viewing.
- 生誕祭 seitan sai Your fave's birthday, as a festival.
- 摂取 sesshu Absorbing your fave like a nutrient.
- 周回 shuukai Grinding the same stage again.
- 単推し tan oshi One fave. Only one. Forever.
- 天井 tenjou The pity ceiling on a gacha.
- 尊い toutoi So precious you could worship them.
- 尊み toutomi Preciousness, as a substance.
- 積みゲー tsumigee Games bought, never started.
- 詫び石 wabiishi Sorry-we-broke-it free gems.
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