弾幕

See also: 彈幕 and 弹幕

Japanese

Kanji in this term
弾	幕
だん Grade: S	まく Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
彈幕 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

The third sense developed as a comparison between the bullet fire of "bullet hell" video games and the presentation of comments on Niconico Video.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) だんまく [dàńmákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
(Tokyo) だんまく [dáꜜǹmàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [dã̠mːa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

弾(だん)幕(まく) • (danmaku)

barrage (heavy curtain of artillery fire)
(neologism) danmaku (type of heavy bullet fire featured in bullet hell video games)
(neologism, Niconico Video) heavy barrage of scrolling comments on a video

References

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

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