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• etchi

語源

From Japanese エッチ (etchi, “dirty; perverted”), which is derived from English aitch (“name of the letter ⟨H⟩”), which is an initialism of the romaji of Japanese 変態(へんたい) (hentai, “pervert”).

エッチ (etchi) is not a genre in Japanese; this is a development in English (Pseudo-Japonism).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɛ.tʃi/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈɛ.tʃiː/
• 韻: -ɛtʃi
• ハイフネーション: ec‧chi

形容詞

ecchi (comparative more ecchi, superlative most ecchi)

1. (Japanese fiction) Of animation, erotic, lascivious, lewd, naughty, sexy, suggestive.

派生語

名詞

ecchi (countable and uncountable, plural ecchi)

1. (uncountable, Japanese fiction) A genre, especially of anime and manga, featuring playful, tongue-in-cheek usage of sexualized scenes and situations such as double entendre or flirtation, while remaining non-pornographic. Often used to differentiate from hentai which features overt sexual themes.

   The manga fan was disturbingly proud of his extensive ecchi collection.

2. (rare, countable, Japanese fiction, proscribed by fandom) A situation within a story, especially anime and manga, which ventures into the ecchi genre.

   There was a moment of ecchi for comic relief in the otherwise serious story.

参考

• hentai