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履修 rishuu
Officially caught up on the required viewing.
What does rishuu mean?
A university word for registering a course, borrowed by fandom. You 履修 a series so you can join the conversation — which frames a weekend binge as coursework, honestly accurate.
Example
そのアニメ、まだ履修してないんだよね。
I still haven't gotten around to watching that anime.
Vibe
Who you can say this to, and how it lands.
Friends only Casual. Natural with friends, out of place at work or with strangers.
The story behind rishuu
履修 is registrar vocabulary: the courses you formally sign up for, the credits you need to graduate. Fandom lifted it without changing a syllable, so catching up on a series is now something you complete rather than something you enjoy. まだ履修してない — I haven't taken that course yet — is an apology with a deadline built in.
It fits because fan Japanese is already full of institutional loanwords. You attend a 現場, you 参戦 at a festival, you do 予習 before a first concert, and idols themselves 卒業 from their groups. Framing a weekend of eleven episodes as coursework is a joke, but it is also an accurate description of the workload.
Get rishuu in your pocket
履修 is one of 308 words in YABAI, a Japanese culture snack for Android. Every word comes with its meaning, an example sentence, a vibe check and a story like the one above — in 13 languages, read aloud by your device. Paid app: no ads, no sign-up, no subscription.
