ロリコン

Japanese

Etymology

Clipping of ロリータ・コンプレックス (Lolita complex), from the Vladimir Nabokov novel Lolita and English complex (not from English Lolita complex, which comes from the Japanese term).[1] Compare ショタコン (Shōtarō complex, attraction to young boys), マザコン (mother complex, Oedipus complex).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) リコン [ròríkóń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾo̞ɾʲikõ̞ɴ]

Noun

ロリコン • (rorikon) 

  1. (informal) lolicon
    1. sexual attraction to young girls
      • 1991, Shōji Kitagawa, Satsujin Hyōron [Critique of Manslaughter], page 108:
        ロリコン(せい)(もん)(だい)であるからには、そこに(なに)がしかの(とう)(そう)(せい)()られなければならない。
        Rorikon ga sei no mondai dearu kara ni wa, soko ni nanigashi ka no tōsō sei ga mirarenakerebanaranai.
        Because lolicon is a sexual problem, we must look for some conflict of that nature.
    2. one who is sexually attracted to young girls
      • 2000 August 10, Yūma Andō with Asaki, Masashi, “BREAK(ブレイク).39(さんじゅうきゅう) (つう)(こん)(くに)(みつ) [Break 39: When Kunimitsu Has Remorse...]”, in サイコメトラーEIJI(エイジ) [Psychometrer Eiji], volume 24 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
        でも——()(わい)いですね このジンガイのガキ
        Demo—— kawaii desu ne kono jingai no gaki
        However— this foreign kid’s pretty cute, don’t ya think
        チッ ロリコン
        Chi' rorikon ga
        Yeesh, you pedo

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • English: lolicon
  • French: lolicon
  • Hebrew: לוליקון (lulikón)
  • Korean: 로리콘 (rorikon)
  • Mandarin: 蘿莉控萝莉控 (luólìkòng)
  • Russian: лолико́н (lolikón)
  • Ukrainian: лоліко́н (lolikón)

References

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