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Staba

Japanese slang for Starbucks. Going there is refurred to as Starbing.
"The girls went Starbing. They said they'd bring us some latte's."
by Allaiyah June 24, 2004
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Style

Japanese slang for figure/psysique.
"That cute guy has great style."

"She has no style, she's like a stick."

"I'm not into big style, I like my men trim."
by Allaiyah June 24, 2004
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bishounen

The art of bishounen will never die. While they were a key role in Shounenai & all of it's predecessors, it's much less common in modern BL, especially anything Be X Boy produces.

Of course, bishounen is a loosely used term in America used for a pretty boy of any age. Bisyouta or Bishouta is a cute little boy & Biseinen is an attractive man while bishounen really refurs to teen boys with effeminate beauty.

For you men out there, most chicks in Japan PREFUR girly looking men. Look at Gackt & Izam, they had & still have girls crawling all over them.
Eroica Yori Ai wo Komette started off Biseinen; the men had femmish faces & they were tall, thin, & had tight flamboyant clothing. These days they look more masculine, have grown shorter & more muscely & their hands aren't nearly as slender.
by Allaiyah June 25, 2004
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Manshon

An apartment with 2 to 4 rooms, one bathroom, & a kitchen.
There are, for the most part, 3 kinds of apartments; Studio, Manshon, & Penthouse or 'Pent'.
by Allaiyah June 24, 2004
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Smart

1)Tastefull/Posh. (coined in America)

2)Trim/Slender. (coined in Japan)
1)On some seasons, Gucci is the smartest thing to wear.

2)In order to be a model, you have to be smart.
by Allaiyah June 24, 2004
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Boys Love

Commonly just BL is the replacement for Shounenai. Americans seem to have difficulty telling the difference, so here it is.

SA: The men are always effeminate both in appearence & personality, gay men didn't like it much, & unhappy endings were common. Contrary to perhaps even my own previous postings, this art is not COMPLETELY dead, some shounenai slips through the press. If it's new & fots this description, it's still shounenai.

BL: These days the men are more masculine both in looks & tude, gay men like it too, it's usually less dramatic, more sexual, & tends to end happily.
Shounenai: Ibu no Musukotachi, Kaze to Ki no Uta, & anything else from the 70s & early 80s.

Boyslove: Ai no Kusabi, BNSH, Gravitation, Fake, Ja-Dou, Psycho Blast.

Border line: Anything that lived through both periods. For example, Patalirro, Zetsuai, & Eroica are STILL being written & have made distinct changes to fit the times.
by Allaiyah June 25, 2004
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amerime

Concidered a blasphemy against anime by otaku, amerime & it's french-canadian counterpart kanadime incorprate a highly unskilled attempt to resemble anime.
Kappa Mikey & Avatar the Last Air Bender are perfect ecamples of amerime. Teen Titans is marginally disqualified for actually being made in asia.
by Allaiyah September 9, 2006
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