ヘンタイ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English hentai, a semantic shift from Japanese 変態(へんたい) (hentai, “pervert”), short for 変態性欲者(へんたいせいよくしゃ) (hentai seiyoku-sha, literally “person with abnormal sexual desires”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) へんたい [hèńtáí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [hẽ̞nta̠i]

Noun

ヘンタイ • (hentai) 

  1. hentai (work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily sexual or pornographic art)
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