【変態は素晴らしい】日本の「Hentai」、英ガーディアン誌などで紹介される
2019/07/11
What 'Hentai' Actually Means
Brian Ashcraft
Jul 11, 2019, 11:30am
“Hentai is brilliant,” reads the title of a recent Guardian article about a British game show contestant who won a round with the word “hentai.” But what does “hentai” actually mean, and how has that meaning changed? Let’s dive into the word’s etymology!
The Oxford Dictionary defines “hentai” as “A subgenre of the Japanese genres of manga and anime, characterised by overtly sexualised characters and sexually explicit images and plots.” The origin of the word in English is given as “1990s Japanese, literally ‘abnormal, perverted.’”
The first Japanese character (変) in the word hentai (変態) literally means “strange” or “curious” (変), while the second kanji character (態) means “state” or “condition.”
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ガーディアンの記事
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jul/09/hentai-is-brilliant-countdown-contestant-clocks-risque-winner
'Hentai is brilliant': Countdown contestant clocks risque winner
Marwan Riach unearths six-letter word describing sexually explicit anime or manga
Naaman Zhou
@naamanzhou
Tue 9 Jul 2019 07.57 BST
2019/07/11
What 'Hentai' Actually Means
Brian Ashcraft
Jul 11, 2019, 11:30am
“Hentai is brilliant,” reads the title of a recent Guardian article about a British game show contestant who won a round with the word “hentai.” But what does “hentai” actually mean, and how has that meaning changed? Let’s dive into the word’s etymology!
The Oxford Dictionary defines “hentai” as “A subgenre of the Japanese genres of manga and anime, characterised by overtly sexualised characters and sexually explicit images and plots.” The origin of the word in English is given as “1990s Japanese, literally ‘abnormal, perverted.’”
The first Japanese character (変) in the word hentai (変態) literally means “strange” or “curious” (変), while the second kanji character (態) means “state” or “condition.”
(リンク先に続きあり)
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_lfill,w_410,q_90/ksqhzlldvq1wdttfdnkk.jpg
ガーディアンの記事
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jul/09/hentai-is-brilliant-countdown-contestant-clocks-risque-winner
'Hentai is brilliant': Countdown contestant clocks risque winner
Marwan Riach unearths six-letter word describing sexually explicit anime or manga
Naaman Zhou
@naamanzhou
Tue 9 Jul 2019 07.57 BST