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“hentai” is a 米製和語 (beisei wago; “Japanese made in America”)
@hikari Nothing wrong with trying to give your child American citizenship. Don’t shame
@saagar saagar
@hikari I know some of the terms I picked up from the western anime fandom is basically made up from whole cloth using entry-level japanese.
I'm pretty sure Shōjo-ai as counterpart to Shōnen-ai is a western invention, and the japanese and western fandoms seem to have vastly different ideas of what a kigurumi typically is, with the western fandom calling the full bodysuit + face mask cosplay variant Animegao.
@Owlor oh my god i had no idea about the kigurumi thing. incredible