Not to be confused with Hawaii, Kauai, or Kawaiisu.
For other uses, see Kawai (disambiguation).
Silver roadside fence with clean, well-maintained pink bunny-shaped posts for support.
Temporary guard rail in Narita, Chiba
E3 Series Shinkansen train with Pokémon decorations
Kawaii (かわいい, kaɰaiꜜi, "lovable", "cute", or "adorable")1 is the culture of cuteness in Japan.2345 It can refer to items, humans and nonhumans that are charming, vulnerable, shy and childlike.2 Examples include cute handwriting, manga and Hello Kitty.6
The cuteness culture, or kawaii aesthetic, has become a prominent aspect of Japanese popular culture, entertainment, clothing, food, toys, personal appearance and mannerisms.7
For other uses, see Kawai (disambiguation).
Silver roadside fence with clean, well-maintained pink bunny-shaped posts for support.
Temporary guard rail in Narita, Chiba
E3 Series Shinkansen train with Pokémon decorations
Kawaii (かわいい, kaɰaiꜜi, "lovable", "cute", or "adorable")1 is the culture of cuteness in Japan.2345 It can refer to items, humans and nonhumans that are charming, vulnerable, shy and childlike.2 Examples include cute handwriting, manga and Hello Kitty.6
The cuteness culture, or kawaii aesthetic, has become a prominent aspect of Japanese popular culture, entertainment, clothing, food, toys, personal appearance and mannerisms.7
by DrumAndBase February 19, 2018
Get the Kawaiimug. Award given to those who have made a lasting impact to Kawaii culture. Almost all nominees are filled with weeaboos or 6 to 15 year olds.
Current winners are:
Rune Naito - Father of Kawaii
Current winners are:
Rune Naito - Father of Kawaii
Alfred Nobel's intention of the Nobel Kawaii Prize in his will, along with the other five awards:
"The interest is to be divided into six equal parts and distributed as follows: one part to the person who made the most important discovery or invention in the field of physics; one part to the person who made the most important chemical discovery or improvement; one part to the person who made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine; one part to the person who, in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction; one part to the person who has done the most or best to advance fellowship among nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and the establishment and promotion of peace congresses; and one part to the person who crafts a lasting impact on the art of Kawaii culture."
- Not Alfred Nobel, 1895
"The interest is to be divided into six equal parts and distributed as follows: one part to the person who made the most important discovery or invention in the field of physics; one part to the person who made the most important chemical discovery or improvement; one part to the person who made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine; one part to the person who, in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction; one part to the person who has done the most or best to advance fellowship among nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and the establishment and promotion of peace congresses; and one part to the person who crafts a lasting impact on the art of Kawaii culture."
- Not Alfred Nobel, 1895
by Anony. Res October 11, 2023
Get the Nobel Kawaii Prizemug. when some stupid californian blonde girl has a japanese phase. she usually buys tons of anime and hello kitty merch. she becomes oli london and gets her eyes slitted
by Zer0sec February 24, 2022
Get the kawaii impersonatormug. that is so kawaii
by beanlilien4k9 February 10, 2022
Get the kawaiimug. A cute ass nigga on instagram... Into anime and face filters and catboy shit. Kilosmiles or baconsteve726 are good examples.
by anonymous October 3, 2025
Get the Kawaii Niggamug. by KittyPaws~ July 4, 2016
Get the kawaii materialmug. 'kawaii' / 'かわいい' (not to be confused with 'kowaii' / 'こわい', an adjective for fear, danger, and perversity.) is an adjective in the japanese language to express usually cuteness but can also mean the following adjectives; adorable, charming, lovely, pretty, dear, precious, darling, pet, cute, little and tiny. kawaii is now commonly used by many english-speaking people as a slang for cute. though, alot of them mispronounce the word as kowaii. there are many prefixes for kawaii, such as erokawaii, sexual yet cute, and gurokawaii, gruesome yet cute. alot of people use it if they're very indulged in japanese culture, such as anhime and manga, those are the main audience that say it.
cya later fellas !
cya later fellas !
p1 :「ああ、神様、とても可愛いです！」 - "oh my god, you are so cute (kawaii)!"
p2 : 「えへへ、あなたもなかなかかわいいわ」 "hehe, you're pretty cute (kawaii), too."
p2 : 「えへへ、あなたもなかなかかわいいわ」 "hehe, you're pretty cute (kawaii), too."
by your fav finley spittin facts August 17, 2024
Get the kawaiimug.