Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A style of animation developed in Japan, characterized by stylized colorful art and often adult themes.
Wiktionary
- n. uncountable An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries
- n. countable An animated work originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.
- n. rare, countable An animated work in anime style, regardless of the country of origin.
- n. A resin from a tropical American tree (Hymenaea courbaril), used to make varnishes.
Etymologies
- French animé ("animated") (from the insects that are entrapped in it); or native name. (Wiktionary)
- Japanese, short for animēshon, animation, from English animation. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“It's a miracle: P That anime is cursed yes it's a cursed anime-_ -”
“Cosplay, which is basically costuming plus role playing, is the term anime and manga fans use for costuming.”
“Back then, the term anime wasn't in the general English vocabulary, and animated films, certainly in my neck of the woods, were simply seen long cartoons for kids.”
“And by 'dubs', I of course mean the term anime fans use to describe the English voice-over of a show originally voiced in Japanese.”
“The rest of the anime is about their relationship.”
koi kaze: against the grain (to say the least) « paper fruit
“Hi, For me this anime is amazing, without a doubt.”
“This anime is also known as “Hayate the Combat Butler”.”
“«12: 48: 43» {hiblios} do you think that when Sentinel enclosed the term anime in 's that he was being a bit, trollish maybe?”
“The global fan base for Japanese 'anime' is increasing, but with the old business model crumbling it isn't translating into profits," says Yasuo Yamaguchi, executive director of the Association of Japanese Animations.”
“For it’s time it was a very ground breaking and revolutionary Cartoon i hate using the term anime, it has too many negative connotations thanks to weeaboo otaku japanophiles I mean by today’s standards it is mediocre.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘anime’.
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Film
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permanent foreign residents in English
Foreign words and phrases that are perfectly acceptable to use in formal English writing, but still maintain the aura of foreignness. They do not enjoy full citizenship, but remain "alien residents...
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difficult words
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Samme's Words
soliloquy, meander, creativity, magic, discovery, happiness, empowerment, abundance, [magnificent], iridescent, artistic, magical and 694 more...
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i_am_scifi's Words
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Gums & Resins
Naturally occurring gums and resins.
amber, copal, dammar, mastic, sandarac, ammoniacum, gamboge, elemi, scammony, myrrh, turpentine, copaiba and 155 more...
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junestag's Words
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spamdad's Words
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lucidityprevails's Words
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iamtheoxymoron's list of extraordinar...
Marvelous words that appeal to the mind of an crazy teenager!
oxymoron, hippopotomonstros..., bludgeon, magic, anarchy, pneumonoultramicr..., anime, manga, music, agelast, aeolist, brontide and 11 more...
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a fan's dictionary
fanon, canon, trekkie, trekker, browncoat, shipping, het, slash, femslash, smut, gen, mary sue and 45 more...
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Best of weirdnet
buttocks, peeler, mum, sweets, tree, auld, bowery, pynchon, horror-stricken, and, tatou, scarf and 37 more...
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How to Make a Facebook Game
Step #1: Pick a noun
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Step #4: PROFIT!mafia, mob, fashion, dragon, dope, gang, space, parking, dictator, robot, kingdom, gangster and 40 more...
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spoon's Words
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Tweets
Looking for tweets for anime.
vanishedone 'A hard copal derived from an African tree'
On the positive side, I learnt something; on the negative, I doubt this is the most commonplace use of this string of letters. Nov 17, 2007