Definitions by MisaTange
Yuri
1. A common Japanese girl's name meaning 'lily.'
2. Language spoken in the islands of New Guinea and the Amazon.
3. A genre of sexually explicit anime/manga literally meaning Girls Love. It is a Japanese jargon term for content and a genre involving love between women in manga, anime, and related Japanese media. Yuri can focus either on the sexual or the emotional aspects of the relationship, the latter sometimes being called shōjo-ai by western fans.
The themes yuri deals with have their roots in the Japanese lesbian literature of early twentieth century, with pieces such as Yaneura no Nishojo by Nobuko Yoshiya. Nevertheless, it is not until the 1970s that lesbian-themed works began to appear in manga, by the hand of artists such as Ryoko Yamagishi and Riyoko Ikeda. The 1990s brought new trends in manga and anime, as well as in dōjinshi productions, along with more acceptance for this kind of content. In 2003 the first manga magazine specifically dedicated to yuri was launched under the name Yuri Shimai, followed by its revival Comic Yuri Hime, launched after the former was discontinued in 2004.
2. Language spoken in the islands of New Guinea and the Amazon.
3. A genre of sexually explicit anime/manga literally meaning Girls Love. It is a Japanese jargon term for content and a genre involving love between women in manga, anime, and related Japanese media. Yuri can focus either on the sexual or the emotional aspects of the relationship, the latter sometimes being called shōjo-ai by western fans.
The themes yuri deals with have their roots in the Japanese lesbian literature of early twentieth century, with pieces such as Yaneura no Nishojo by Nobuko Yoshiya. Nevertheless, it is not until the 1970s that lesbian-themed works began to appear in manga, by the hand of artists such as Ryoko Yamagishi and Riyoko Ikeda. The 1990s brought new trends in manga and anime, as well as in dōjinshi productions, along with more acceptance for this kind of content. In 2003 the first manga magazine specifically dedicated to yuri was launched under the name Yuri Shimai, followed by its revival Comic Yuri Hime, launched after the former was discontinued in 2004.
Believe It
In my honest opinion, the most annoying phase. It is used by the main character of the anime/manga Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki. The phase is more often used in the first arc of the original Naruto anime, but scares off people who haven't watched the anime. It is only used in the English dubs. Narutards use the phase at the end of sentences, like the hero of the anime, Naruto.
...Meanwhile, in an anime forum...
*Person 1 is posting on a Death Note area*
Person 1: I'm gonna be Kazekage! Believe it!
Person 2: STFU. Go back to your Naruto area.
Person 1 got warned once by Person 2. Reason: For being off-topic in the Death Note area. Please, if you want to join the Narutards, go to the Naruto area. There's role plays waiting to be joined.
*Person 1 is posting on a Death Note area*
Person 1: I'm gonna be Kazekage! Believe it!
Person 2: STFU. Go back to your Naruto area.
Person 1 got warned once by Person 2. Reason: For being off-topic in the Death Note area. Please, if you want to join the Narutards, go to the Naruto area. There's role plays waiting to be joined.
Believe It by MisaTange July 9, 2009
Hai
1. A Vietnamese common male's name.
2. A weird way of saying 'hi' in English.
3. Japanese for saying yes.
2. A weird way of saying 'hi' in English.
3. Japanese for saying yes.
1. Hai, will you do your homework?
2. Hai guys!
3. Person 1: Are you gonna publish some Urban Dictionary definitions?
Person 2: Hai, Person 1.
2. Hai guys!
3. Person 1: Are you gonna publish some Urban Dictionary definitions?
Person 2: Hai, Person 1.
Tsundere
Japanese slang for one who is not nice and gets pissed off easily on the outside, but deep in the inside, is nice, caring, and gentle at all costs to the main character. It is usually used in anime/manga. The tsundere character usually shows his/her tsundere-ness in the later episodes/volumes/chapters.
Yandere
Japanese slang for bipolar. A yandere character usually have a lot of mood swings. They have a nice side and an evil side, kinda like ying and yang, white and black... those kind of stuff. They quickly change from the nice side to the evil side, and repeat again and again. It is more often used in anime/manga. There is often another character, usually can be stiff as a board easily, who is normally the 'victim' of the yandere character's evil side.
Anime
No, not Japanese animation porn. That would be hentai. Anime is short for Japanese animation, but isn't porn. Anime began at the start of the 20th century, 1917. The first talkie anime is Chikara to Onna no Yo no Naka. The first anime film was Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors, in 1944. It represents most, if not all, of fiction in Japan. They come with voice actors for the non-Japanese versions, and seiyuu with Japanese. The abbreviation emerged in 1970. Usually, the anime comes after the manga.