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The Japanese word referring to humanoid beast—type hentai. Often the results of some kind of "scientific experiment gone wrong" if the storyline feels it fit to give an explanation. A special kind of cosplay in which the girl wears animal ears and sometimes a tail and responds with sentences ending in the animal's appropriate noise.
The most popular type is nekomimi. Censorship in Japan, including of obscenity , has a long history, one which began in the seventeen century, though the first nationwide law prohibiting pornography was promulgated in the early eighteenth century. Censorship has continued to the present day, despite the Japanese constitution of Notable dates in recent history: In Article was re-interpreted not amended to allow pubic hair , thanks to the publication of two photobooks: Beauty Hair pled guilty to avoid jail, and the case was appealed all the way to the Supreme Court of Japan, which supported the conviction.
The law is now much more restrictive in what can and can't be produced and sold. Because Tokyo is the national capital, center of the publishing industry, and the country's largest city, this has nationwide implications. The Japanese film, video, and video game industries each have their own "voluntary" ratings organizations, to which companies submit their products for review, in order for those products to be cleared for distribution.
Manga is unique in that it has no such ratings board, and publishers are responsible only to the public prosecutor and police who might decide to raid them if they believe a publishing house has gotten out of hand; as implied above, this is very rare, however. This results in the application of censorship to seinen manga which is very inconsistent from publisher to publisher, from occasionally none, to virtually nil, to excessive. Methods of censorship in anime, eroge , and manga include bokashi , mosaic , and suminuri , the latter especially on manga.
For an explanation of Japanese censorship of obscenity, especially as it stands, see: Especially recommended; linked to in the "Ask John" column. Coyne, Fumiko Hoshida Censorship of Publishing in Japan, — M. Despite the title, this covers back to the seventeenth century. Solely for the more adventurous, as it is only available via interlibrary loan unless you live in Chicago.
For "ass", see shiri. A general word referring to several fetishes of the weird and slightly less wonderful, including: A common type of kinbaku , consisting of of rope tied into a diamond patterned harness—from the neck, around the torso and down through the crotch the stimulation from which is probably part of the appeal. Often depicted in hentai anime and seinen manga as part of exhibitionism , in which the bound girl or woman is wearing nothing but the rope under a coat. Shinju may be included. In hentai anime, one of the most common pre-orgasm exclamations. One of the words for traditional Japanese rope bondage, it describes the sexual act of tying a girl or man up using intricate rope patterns and designs in order to extricate maximum aesthetic beauty and also to stimulate the body.
The word shibari is also used, but strictly it refers to the tying of anything using rope or twine, whereas kinbaku refers to sexual bondage. Female bodybuilder fetish—men who like their girls hard and muscularly defined like Ms. Almost entirely drawn hentai , since there doesn't seem to be that strange niche of women in Japan that gets obsessed with bodybuilding to insane proportions.
And anyway, the exaggeration in drawn hentai is always to the advantage in this case. Presumably it is the ample thigh muscles that are the key muscles in this case. Or perhaps some others that don't bear imagining…. Sex with someone related to you. It doesn't seem that incest is less taboo than in other cultures, but there seems to be a thrill gained from the extra level of depravity that it offers. Sex with direct relatives has specific names: The most common slang for testicle. A fashion that involves wearing an outfit based on a Japanese school uniform, but with a shortened skirt, loose socks , and often dyed hair and a scarf as well.
Styles in kogal fashion change with the times depending on which idol is currently popular, and there are several subtypes. To come into a girl's mouth, which she hopefully follows with gokkun. I'm assuming that it refers to her shouting not to come inside her and ending up in her mouth, or various other meanings are also possible.
Thanks to Lint for definition. Any pornography involving contests. It brings an element of competition into an otherwise dull sex scene and apparently inflames the male competitive urge. From the term for "young lancefish".
The opposite of kyokan onna , involves tiny girls pleasuring their relatively giant partners in parts that only tiny girls can reach. Can involve urethral play and whole body " handjobs ".
At its very worst can involve the swallowing of said girls vore or insertion into various orifices. Thankfully this hasn't made it to live action just yet. A very derogatory term for "a woman for sexual use by anyone". See the synonymous niku benki , and the related shintai ni rakugaki and yariman. To make a girl horny by talking dirty.
Could also be used to refer to phone sex. A special chair or stool on which a customer sits. There is a hole or holes in the seat so that the girl can get underneath for fellatio , anaru zeme , etc. Used in the sex industry. Refers to pulling girl's panties so that the material bunches thinly and then moving it back and forth in order to stimulate her.
Otherwise known as "flossing". From Edouard Gabriel Cusco, the inventor of the eponymous and now-standard two-bladed type of this device. I would guess the thrill comes from seeing a girl at their most vulnerable or to be at your most vulnerable. And of course, the following malpractice suit. A type of hostess club , generally with younger, less experienced hostesses and cheaper prices.
Subtypes include girls bars , lingerie pubs , and osawari pubs.
Generally refers to male genitalia that are inhuman in proportion i. Surprisingly, they still fit inside a woman's vagina or anus with very little to spare outside. Can be either that large, or achieved by penis expansion. Large penes are a staple in shunga.
Involves women of stupidly large proportions Godzilla-like towering above cities with vaginas the size of the Channel Tunnel having sex with normal men who could happily climb inside and have a tropical holiday. Basically refers to any pornography in which a size difference between the woman and man is more than 4: The opposite is koonago.
I suppose "not wanting to let go of a loved one" plus a little sprinkle of madness might explain it, or perhaps having complete control over someone's body. The girl must be trained rigorously to lie still without moving and may be given a cold bath beforehand to reduce skin temperature. Men who like feet, smelly socks , and shoes and the licking and worshiping of same. Posted by Hung Tran Nguyen. In the case of hentai anime and seinen manga, a type of mind control , effected by magic or science.
This describes breasts that are large but in the natural range, and usually achievable without resorting to cosmetic surgery. Originally meant any manga for adult women, but now often applied specifically to pornographic manga for women. Compare with ero gekiga and seinen. Same as "blue movie" in English. Refers to material containing sexual scenes in English, especially to erotic fan fiction. Allegedly comes from the Japanese slang for a "loose woman", but the actual etymology may be from the hentai anime anthology series Cream Lemon , which started in The term does not seem to be used in current Japanese, though "lemon" is often associated with the acid-sweetness of love, especially with first love, so that a first kiss is said to taste of lemon.
An erotic piece, but with no actual sex; especially applied to erotic fan fiction. Obviously a progression from "lemon" as in "slightly less immoral"—well, as immoral as citrus fruits get anyway. A type of kyaba kura in which the hostesses wear lingerie. Refers to all sexual acts from kissing through French kissing to fellatio and tamaname.
Basically, anything involving lips can be termed "lip service". Lolita complex and lolicon refer to the lust for underage girls "lolis" in English slang ; lolicon can also refer to an individual with such a lust. The term is actually Western and comes from the interpretation of Vladimir Nabakov's novel Lolita —a tragicomedy about the wooing and extraction of sexual favors from the twelve-year-old Dolores by the novel's protagonist, an older man, who has nicknamed her "Lolita". Synonymous in most Japanese contexts with pedophilia, but some may argue that in reference to hentai , lolicon refers only to fictional drawn sexual material and therefore is lacking the corruption or abuse of real children.
This refers to the infamous loose socks worn exclusively by Japanese schoolgirls starting in the s. The socks themselves originated from American manufacturers, who were aiming at the mountain climbing industry, but the market for young high school girls became viable after they were adopted as an "alternate school uniform". It is not usual for other age groups to wear them—they seem to be exclusive to high school. A generic term for sexual lubricant, especially the water-based kind. Given the fantasy nature of hentai anime and seinen manga, lubricant is seldom used, but in real life may be part of paizuri.
The use of lotion sexual lubricant , often in large quantities such as playing in a bathtub full of it with your partner. A service offered in some soaplands and depicted in specialized AVs. Kemeko zuri is one type of lotion play. Short-stay hotel for couples who want a place for sex. Available by the hour or by the night, love hotels are designed for privacy, and often have outrageous decor, inside and out.
Rooms decorated with a harem, disco, or science fiction theme, or as a train car , BDSM dungeon, or just about anything else are available if you look long enough. Considered cute and moe , in anime and manga low-rise panties can be depicted as having such a short distance rise between waist and crotch that it's a miracle that they stay in place, or cover anything at all. Not incompatible with also being shimapan. Developed by Nikkatsu for their Roman porno films, this was originally a sort of feminine codpiece made of skin-colored tape, used to conceal the actress' pubic hair , genitals , and anus as a crude sort of censorship.
Maebari now refers to any similar strapless crotch piece, and is somewhat of a fetish item in drawn images. It related to but distinct from the "Band-Aid on pussy", another form of minimal censorship in illustration. Cafes in which the service is provided by waitresses in maid uniforms. A favorite haunt of Japanese otaku. The "worst" word in the Japanese language. A sex club in an apartment building. See senzuri for the male variety. A rather specific genre in Japanese erotica and anime and manga generally in which girls wearing glasses are seen to be more attractive.
Whether this is due to the glasses making them seem vulnerable and innocent or the reminding of high school days would probably vary from person to person. Nevertheless, meganekko are stereotypically bookish and shy and tend to play submissive roles. Megane are a major trait associated with moe. They say that being deprived of one of your senses heightens the other four.
In that logic, adding nose plugs, earplugs, and a ball gag would leave a person in heightened sexual ecstasy comparable to Nirvana. If only life was that simple…. Female genitals visible through tight clothing. A type of chirarizumu—see panchira. Generally refers to a woman widowed in middle age by a freak disease or car accident, leaving an apprently very lonely and sexually frustrated woman in need of some special attention. Also ties in with jukujo.
Fetish centering around women's ears. Like ha daisuki I have absolutely no idea why this would be in the least bit sexy, but then again, for every part of girls, there are men who find them extremely erotic. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a "philtrum fetish" in some back alley forum on the Internet somewhere and after checking, I found it—see hananoshita fechi. In hentai anime and seinen manga, the result of magic, supernatural possession, drug, hypnosis or other means, mind control allows various shenanigans which would otherwise be non-consensual.
Not exactly a fetish, since swimsuit competitions and magazine spreads are ten a penny in Japan. Presumably also put there by the maunfacturers for easy erotic access, though in real life this would probably result in lolicon and a subsequent prosecution. The "new style" swimsuit is a racerback.
It originally meant a feeling of "of affection and almost parental protectiveness over characters who were innocent, cute, and just on the verge of maturing of childhood", and has progressed to mean variety of things in approximate chronological order: For further explanation I recommend reading them in order of appearance: What is Moe Now? Introduction and a Moetic Taxonomy". There is no explicitly labeled "part II". I include this entry in a dictionary about hentai because moe definitely qualifies as a fetish, and because moe qualities are now being used in Japanese drawn pornography eroge , etc.
A minority fetish separate from guro which focusses on painful sex. Specifically in most cases, the sex is "so painful it's good" in that roundabout, semi- masochistic denial fashion that the Japanese have done so well. Usually contains amusing phrases such as "You're hitting my womb! Mozetsu often results in ahegao. A method of censorship which displays part or all of the offending bits at a markedly lower resolution, resulting in large r pixels. Absolutely flat chested; a girl with tiny breasts. To ejaculate inside your partner either in the vagina or rectum. Equivalent to the Western term "creampie".
In this context used to indicate that a condom is not used. As opposed to "gomu fera" blowjob with a condom. Commonly known as flirting in the West, but possibly in a more serious sporting sense, this is the "art" of picking up girls.
As with all things that the Japanese have or take from other cultures, there has evolved a complex system, complete with teachers, rules, and "secret techniques". Generally, though, it consists of men standing on street corners and picking up women, sometimes for dates and sex, and other times for more long-term relationships.
Illegal of course, but if done as an act then marketable see AV. Feminine lesbian or gay man; the submissive, bottom, passive, or femme role in a homosexual relationship, as opposed to tachi or seme. Compare with the gender neutral reversible. Another word for a pre-op transsexual see also shemale. Generally refers to a man who has had breast augmentation but who still has male genitalia. Newhalf may also refer to an individual who is physiologically of one gender but whose identity and personality is of the other.
They may also cross-dress. Thanks to kijakusai for his help with this. The feeling or opinion that two-dimensional i. Also known as "2D fetish " in English. A woman for use as a dumping ground for males' semen. Refers to a range of bizarre fetishes involving the modification of bodies to a certain end through usually science or surgery.
Any hentai containing pregnant women. Also exists in niche Western pornography. Presumably the basis is that women can be extremely sexually disinhibited at times when pregnant, and also in some circles the pregnant woman is seen as the height of womanliness and therefore extremely desirable.
Probably a bit of both to be honest. Often linked with lactation ; a completely fictional fetish impossible in real life. A kind of cafe popular from to the early s in which the waitresses wore short skirts and no panties and the floor was mirrored for…well, you can probably guess. Later on, rooms were put in out back for pricier interactions such as masturbation or blowjobs. There are hardly any left now. No-pan yakuniku and no-pan shabu shabu restaurants also exist, amusingly. Part of the sex industry. This refers to an AV fetish in which athletic girls are filmed doing various things wet—e.
Everyone knows that water and sex in real life generally results in slipping over and back sprains… Anyway, this is an example of what The Joy of Sex calls "super-skin"—the smoothing out and simplification of body lines "tightness, shininess and texture" ; see its "Clothes" and "Wet look" entries.
Material in which a nude girl is painted in bright colors all over her body—presumably the painting itself is mildly erotic and the finished work is artful and contemporary dependent on the skill of the artists of course. Now all that's left is to label it "Untitled woman painted " and leave it in the Tate Modern.
Not to be confused with nure fechi. The act of presenting food on a girl's naked body to be eaten off. The food is usually sashimi or sushi thus the English term "naked sushi". The girl must be trained rigorously to lie still without moving and may be given a cold bath beforehand to reduce skin temperature.
In certain establishments, she may be tied up using kinbaku. Another rare fetish involving the penetration of the usually male urethra with a variety of implements—including anal beads, dildos , vibrators , and other penises. A popular theme in futanari as this allows the theme of urethral penetration to be explored without gay overtones. Most of the feats of penetration demonstrated in hentai are biologically impossible without a strict training regimen, of course.
Tanima is the more common term. See paizuri tit fuck. Stereotypically worn by maids see seifuku fechi and others performing cosplay , and the subject of fetishization by otaku. Refers to all gay men, as well as to effeminate men and male transvestites. Specifically refers to the discomfort of having a full bladder. A sleeve for male masturbation. Onahole come in a startling variety, often allegedly patterned after the organs of AV idols or anime characters, whether from hentai or not, and are designed for use with lotion. See senzuri and manzuri , respectively, for the male and female varieties.
Fetish involving girls, microphones, baked beans, and several very embarrassing sounds. May or may not involve the famous Dutch oven see the Urban Dictionary entry. Lighting of said flatus optional. Refers to the female love pillows part of the anatomy, useful for cushioning falls, clearing space on trains, and a refreshing drink on a cold day. In approximate order of size: For a full discussion of types and what they say about characters, see The Yuribou Guide to Fanservice for Animators Part 14 — Appendix 2 — Breast sizes.
You can't just put a flag on it. For further reference, a couple of links where you can find. That's what Zettai Ryouiki means. Definition The word Zettai Ryouiki is confusing, not to say disturbing, to anyone who hasn't gotten the slightest idea of what it's about. ZR is a moe attribute. However, for those things there are normal Japanese and English words. And now that you know the word for it, prepare yourself for noticing the Zettai Ryouiki of characters like you never did before, because you didn't know it was a thing before, so you probably never noticed it before, but now you do, so you'll really be noticing it a lot from now on.
For this reason, ZR has the ironic nature of being based on showing the bare skin of thighs, but the less bare skin shown, the greater the ZR is. Note that ZR is chiralism of the legs: Examples Here are some examples of Zettai Ryouiki: Check the Zettai Ryouiki. What Counts as Zettai Ryouiki Zettai Ryouiki was originally coined toward a skirt and above-knee socks, but as time went on the definition has gotten a bit stretched, and what people consider ZR or not kinda varies. The legwear must cover at least the knee. In the case of fishnets, it's not really "covered.
Thus the skirt must not cover the legwear. So only mini-skirts and shorter count. Tights are never ZR. Not even if you cover them with socks, making 2 layers. Underwear must not be shown. ZR is the subtle exposure of legs, not crotch. Different Legwear To some people fishnets do not count as ZR because it doesn't properly cover the legs thus it's not chiralism, or because fishnets are just a different moe attribute entirely.. To some people garter doesn't count, because it gets in the way of the thighs, or because the legwear must hold up on its on, or because garter is just a different moe attribute entirely.
Different Bottom It gets more erratic when replacing the skirt. Real Life Zettai Ryouiki Although Zettai Ryouiki is an term rooted in anime and often used within anime communities, there's no rule that says you can't use it toward a real person. I mean, nowadays ZR or another. In a certain manga, Wild Rock, there's a caveman wearing a towel I guess that counts as ZR , too?
So it's more of a JoJo -level of fashion statement than normal clothing. Making sense didn't stop the manga Saki from creating a monstrosity, as you may have witnessed in its season 2, for its male fans, so it sure as hell ain't gonna stop female authors from creating male Zettai Ryouiki for female fans. And, although I didn't expect it, I guess it's only natural the four examples of male ZR I could find ended up looking like the four horsemen of shota ,.
As you could see above, the normal ZR is simply not naturally occurring in males. Some people thought this was unfair, and decided the best approach to this was inventing some other designation to ZR that's only applicable to men. For example, on Twitter, in , somebody came up with the novel idea that the male version of ZR should be the exposed wrist between sleeves and gloves.
On some other forum around the internet, someone else decided, separately, in , that showing off arm muscles between the shirt's sleeve and a shirtless sleeve covering elbow to wrist is what male ZR should be. You know, probably because you could just make up a word for those things instead of making Zettai Ryouiki mean one thing for women and another thing for men. In fact, people have done this already and there are a few terms like Zettai Ryouiki but used toward other things.
Vocabulary For reference, a couple of Japanese words related to ZR: Maybe "over the knee socks" but not "over-knee-socks. Origin The origin of Zettai Ryouiki is in a very, very, very little known mecha anime of the 90's, called Neon Genesis Evangelion. Of course you know Eva. You know Eva , right? Anyway, in Evangelion , there's a thing called an A.
Field , which is a kind of shield thingy. It's actually an Absolute Terror Field. So that clears up where the name Zettai Ryouiki , "Absolute Territory," comes from. But why is the shield thingy from Evangelion used to refer to Why is Zettai Ryouiki called Zettai Ryouiki? Since it was too awkward to have the digital girl-mascot stay there on the desktop talking alone, the ghost's main character Sakura also had a sub-character Unyuu , and the conversation would happen between the two of them. There are dozens of Unyuu -looking sub-characters in ghosts because more attention is paid to designing the main character, I guess.
But some ghosts do replace Unyuu with something else: Blog Post In 9th of March, , a certain ghost and its shell were released: The "knee-socks" refers to over-knee socks, thigh-high socks, etc. Muteki , "without-enemy," means it's peerless, invincible, the bestest thing ever, etc. In Evangelion , A. Fields of the enemies are pretty problematic. This is a Japanese emoji , it's like lol in Japanese, except it's a very old internet expression, like lol in English.
This is the sound of something falling on the ground, like a book, a corpse, a box, etc. The mother of all Zettai Ryouiki 's. Some fun facts about Mayura , also taken from the archived version of her now-dead official website, so, yeah, this is all canon: She's a powerful magic-user She's around years old, but looks like a little girl The reasons are and I quote: References Golden Ratio Regarding the ideal amount of skin exposed, the experts on the subject have come to a convention that the Zettai Ryouki 's golden ratio is 4: I can't really make sense of this math because 5: Since the thighs are the smallest part, and thus more sensitive to variation, I assume most of the time ZR would be decided on whether the thighs' are between [0.
Also there's the problem of where exactly, precisely , do you even start measuring from? Microskirts and shorter legwear, which expose too much thigh, are not glimpses, so it wouldn't be considered ZR. I'm just saying it wouldn't be ZR. To be exact, these test results are those of Fake Ritsu, through tutelage by the real Ritsu. Even so, her grades in Maths are splendid. If she can evolve past her specialty of shoot-on-sight, perhaps close engagements can become a forte too.
Or she could also strengthen her coordination with the students…. I could care less about that! Her school uniform look is truly mischievously … cute. Ritsu became lazy when she got hacked.