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Dandere, oftenly confused with kuudere, is a common anime trope used to describe people who are often quiet and extremely shy towards people they like. Despite this, once they do start to conversate (usually awkwardly) with the one they admire, they become more open and less shy.
The reason this is confused with the definition kuudere is because both tropes hardly talk, and occasionally show their more open side. A kuudere is someone who is often emotionless and clueless, but will sometimes show their loving and kind/sympathetic side.

A character that is a dandere: Hinata Hyuga from Naruto.
A character that is a kuudere, not a dandere: Kanade Tachibana from Angel Beats!
dude: "ahahaa, *insert name here* is such a dandere. she hardly talks but she's for some reason really nice and open to me. rarely, though."

dude 2: "man, you are so lucky."
Dandere by iiToxicMinded November 28, 2016
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Someone who has a shy and typically meek personality but who can become bolder and more open toward their love interest if made to feel comfortable enough.
"Dandere" is a combination of two Japanese terms: “danmari” (keeping silent), and “dere-dere” (to be lovey-dovey). The dandere is a popular character trope in anime.
Dandere by IntrospectiveLiz March 9, 2021
"she is so dandere!"
Dandere by iNsANiTY-chan June 20, 2016

dankderous 

1. an adjective to describe an object as both very dangerous and very dank
wendle: dude this shit looks dangerous....

sendle: dude this shit looks dank...

wendle/sendle: dude that shit was DANKDEROUS!
dankderous by theRUSTYbarnicle November 9, 2011
I'm a little dandere
Dandere by 459395 March 10, 2022