Otaku Anime newcomers like to consider themselves “otaku” when they start liking anime; their definition of otaku is anime fan. Long-time anime...
Term: Otaku
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Terminology
Term: Osananajimi
Osananajimi Childhood friend.
Term: Onii-sama
Onii-sama Older brother, with “onii” meaning older brother and “-sama” being a respectful suffix. The beginning “o” is another respectful...
Term: Onii-chan
Onii-chan Older brother, with “onii” meaning older brother and “-chan” being an affectionate suffix. The beginning “o” is a respectful...
Term: Onee-sama
Onee-sama Older sister, with “onee” meaning older sister and “-sama” being a respectful suffix. The beginning “o” is another respectful...
Term: Onee-chan
Onee-chan Older sister, with “onee” meaning older sister and “-chan” being an affectionate suffix. The beginning “o” is a respectful...
Term: Omake
Omake Some kind of add-on bonus on an anime DVD, like a regular “extra” on western DVDs. May also be a bonus strip at the end of a manga chapter or...
Term: Netorare
Netorare Cuckold. A common theme/genre in more mature and explicit manga, as well as visual novels. The term literally means “taken away by sleeping...