Anime & Manga Glossary
Here are some words that are used in animes mostly! and sometimes even aren't translated in the subtitles:
Anime: Japanese animation.
Manga: Japanese comics. Most of the animes were manga series.
OP/ED: OP is short of 'Opening', and ED is short of 'Ending' which Opening is the 'Opening song' and Ending is the 'Ending Song'. Usually the OP/ED songs while showing on the TV are 1:30 minutes, and then it full version released on CDs.
Otaku: 'Otaku' is Japanese term of 'fan/fans', but also used for'anime fans' and/or 'manga fans'.
Seiyuu: Voice Actors.
Shojo/Shoujo: Anime & Manga Girls ^-^
Shounen: Anime & Manga Boys ^.^
Doujinshi: cute manga or just cute art.
Sensei: Japanese name used for "teacher", "doctor" and "professor"
Kyoushi: formal terms used for academic education instructor/
Baa-chan: short of Obba-san, which means grandmother.
Buruma: Standard, modern Japanese female shorts.
BGM: Background Music.
OST: Original Sound track of an anime series.
Subbed: An anime episode/movie/clip originally in another language, a translation written in the bottom tells you what are the characters saying.
Dubbed: Changing the language voice into another one.
Fan sub: same as subtitles, but those are subtitled (subbed) by fans.
Fan dub: same as dubbing/dubbed, but those are dubbed by fans.
Kawaii: Japanese term of 'cute'
Chara: short of 'Characters'
Youkai: Demons
RPG: Real Play Games. such as Playstation, Nintendo games.
Sentai: Team
Hime: Japanese term used for 'Princess'.
OAV/OVA: short of 'Original Animation Video' and/or 'Original Video Animation'. It's like a short film.
Name Suffixes:
-chan: used for girls and young boys.
-kun: used for males.
-san: it's like 'mr.' (i.e: Shadabadanime-san = Mr.Shadabadanime)
-sensei: used for teachers & doctors.
Adult Words:
Hentai: Pornography >_<
Yaoi: Pornography and love between boys. ('Gay') ~(>_<)~
Shounen Ai: Love between boys, no porn, just kisses etc. ('Gay') T__T
Yuri: Love between girls. @.@ aw..
Ecchi: means pervert in Japanese, same as hentai, but not hard like hentai >__< ah ah
ah, i think i am getting sick just for writing those stupid adult words >___< please, i wrote those to just know them, do not use them to make sites or even surf in those sites.
Last Updated on 22/7/2003
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