kunoichi

Female ninja. Now an pop-culture stereotype who wears a really really short "kimono" (barely covers butt), a headband, and ofted is packin' several blades.

"That kunoichi might be deadly in anime or manga, but she couldn't get anything done in that costume in real life."

by Setsuna September 14, 2004

bebop

1. An early form of modern jazz.
2. The name of Spike and crew's spaceship in Cowboy Bebop (an anime).
3. The name of one of Shredder's henchmen (the mutant boar) in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon (1980s) and anime (1996).

Bop and bebop are the same kind of music.

Bebop: I'm glad they didn't use that brain switcher thing on Rocksteady and me.
Shredder: Don't worry, you can't switch something that isn't there.

by Setsuna September 14, 2004

shredder

The bad guy in the Darth Vader-themed getup from Ninja Turtles.

Also known as Oroko Saki (sp? - real name) and "Saki-chan" (what Krang calls him in the 1996 Ninja Turtles anime OVAs).

Shredder: "Tonight I dine on turtle soup."

by Setsuna September 14, 2004

legacy

Applicant admitted to a selective school partially because their parent(s) also went there.

Is legacy admission unfair?

by Setsuna September 14, 2004

nataraja

Shiva's form as the lord of the dance, who, kinda like Atlas, keeps the world going (but instead of lifting it, he dances on it).

Usually shown as a graceful guy in dreads with four arms dancing in a circular ring of fire.

A bronze of Nataraja: don't leave India without one.

by Setsuna September 14, 2004

Super Dollfie

A line of classy 22"-tall ball-jointed resin "doll figures" made by Volks in Japan. Come in versions made either to resemble ten-year-olds or thirteen-year-olds.

"SD" for short.

Some SDs can be prohibitively expensive.

If you're addicted to SDs, stay off Yahoo! Japan.

by Setsuna September 14, 2004

NRI

Non-resident Indian.

Banks like to cater to NRIs by offering ways for them to send money to their families in India.

by Setsuna September 14, 2004