Just wonderin'

Postby **DrNic** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 2:28 pm

I dont wanna offend anyone but I have no idea wat the word 'Ecchi' means. Could someone explain please? Perhaps it should go in the terms dictionary?

Thanx

Postby **Azier the Swordsman** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 2:30 pm

Soft hentai. Not neccesarily 100% nudity, but just enough to be completely innapropriate.

Postby **Straylight** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 2:32 pm

Hmm, I took a look through Google. I think that the word relates to a form of hentai.

Postby **Elric_kun** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 2:33 pm

ecchi=pervert/perverted and/or little hentai.

Postby **DrNic** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 2:34 pm

ah. thanks guys. That needs to go in the terms dictionary me thinks.

Postby **Azier the Swordsman** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 2:34 pm

Allow me to clarify a bit more...

Not casual nudity you might run across in some anime, but nudity of a fan-servicy nature.

Postby **Ashley** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 2:37 pm

*nods* we'll get to adding that right away.

Postby **Kisa** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:00 pm

Yea, what they said . . . it is perverted and fan service. It is not quite hentai, but not much better.

AMV.org Profile · Postby **Orange Kitten** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 11:12 pm

Most people say Etchi means pervert and Hentai is porn. But, according to my friend, in reality it's reversed. Etchi is really pornography and Hentai means pervert. Somehow they got reversed and everyone took it that way.

Whether or not that's true, my Japanese-English English-Japanese dictionary says:

Hentai: 1. Pervert; Perversion. 2. Metamorphosis (insect)

Etchi: Lecherous person.

Postby **ShiroiHikari** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 10:55 pm

I've heard that "ecchi" is the Japanese pronunciation of the letter "H", which is the first letter of "hentai"...

Postby **Aka-chan** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 11:37 pm

What everyone else said. While we're on the subject of various terms, what is "waff"? (Sometimes seen in all caps, I think.)

Postby **Vampi** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 12:22 am

I think that means Warm And Fluffy Feeling

Postby **Aka-chan** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 12:34 am

Ahhh...sankyuu! ^__^ That makes sense now.

Postby **DrNic** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 6:32 am

'Doujinshi', thats another one I dont know the meaning of. (Perhaps this should be a sticky thread for terms)

Postby **inkhana** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 9:27 am

Doujinshi, to my knowledge, refers to fan works; usually fan manga but also fanart. I don't know what else the term can encompass, however.

EDIT: Definition from animeinfo.org:

Doujinshi (doh-JIHN-shee)
n. - From the Japanese, meaning "Fan magazine" or "Fan Art". Anime-style art drawn by fans or other unofficial artists. Can also be used to refer to a whole volume or work comprised of this kind of art. Some doujinshi attempt to copy other anime into original unofficial stories, while others are entirely original. Some doujinshi even consist of "adult" material (for example, Evangelion characters engaging in sexual acts). Some famous anime artists, like Kenichi Sonoda and Chiho Saito, started out drawing doujinshi.

Postby **Kisa** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 9:00 pm

Yea, doujinshi is fan works (art, writing, ect . . .)
I never knew Hentai and echii were reversed though . . . hmmmmm

Postby **Aka-chan** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 9:51 pm

Yeah. The way I've seen the words used pretty much support the general consensus: "Ecchi" was squealed in a scandalized but not exactly disapproving tone, while "hentai" was accompanied by a swift, stinging slap.

While we're asking questions about words, what does "Gaiden" mean/refer to? I've seen it in several titles: Saiyuki Gaiden, Ronin Warriors: Gaiden, Ninja Gaiden. I looked it up in a Japanese-English Dictionary, and the only definition I got was "foreign telegram," which doesn't seem to fit....

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