isekaiとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Japanese 異世界 (isekai, literally “different world”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈiːsəkaɪ/, (uncommon, imitating Japanese pronunciation) /iˈsɛkaɪ/, (uncommon) /ˈɪsəkaɪ/

名詞

isekai (countable and uncountable, plural isekai or isekais)

1. (chiefly Japanese fiction, uncountable) A genre of Japanese fiction involving everyday people transported to alternative fantasy or virtual worlds.
   • 2017, Ryo Shirakome, DxS, Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (volume 1)

     It's not every day that an isekai author gets published out of the sea of isekai stories on there.

2. (chiefly Japanese fiction, uncountable) A genre of Japanese fiction in which the protagonist is reincarnated.
3. (countable) Any piece of media in the above genres.

動詞

isekai (third-person singular simple present isekais, present participle isekaiing, simple past and past participle isekaied or isekai'd)

1. (fandom slang, transitive) To transport (someone) into an alternative world, often by killing them.
2. (by extension, euphemistic) To murder (someone), to kill (someone).

派生語

アナグラム

• saikei