ツンデレ

Japanese

Etymology

Blend of つんつん (tsuntsun, “morosely, aloofly, offputtingly”, adverb) +‎ でれでれ (deredere, “in a lovey-dovey or infatuated manner”, adverb).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ツンデレ [tsùńdéré] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨ̃ᵝnde̞ɾe̞]

Noun

ツンデレ • (tsundere) 

  1. (chiefly Japanese fiction) tsundere: a cold, nitpicky character, usually a girl, who conceals (without complete success) a bashfulness in the presence of their crush

Descendants
  • → English: tsundere
  • → Korean: 츤데레 (cheundere)

See also
  • ヤンデレ (yandere)
  • ダンデレ (dandere)
  • クーデレ (kūdere)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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