mojibake n.— «Mojibake is a word to describe unintelligible gibberish displayed on a screen or printed on a paper when a software fails to handle encodings or fonts in the data stream. Mojibake is spelled in Japanese as...
lolicon n. Lolita complex, the attraction of older men to girls or very young women. Also lolicom. Editorial Note: The Japanese form is lolicon. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
lolicom n.— «The reports have said that one of the most disturbing features of the teenage prostitution phenomenon is the premium younger girls fetch from “lolicom” clients—older men with “Lolita complexes” for...
wota n.— «My informant explained that wota—which is pronounced “oh-tah”—are an offshoot branch of Japan’s hobby-obsessed tribe of introverts known as otaku. While regular otaku seek out anime figurines and high-tech gizmos...
umami n.— «“Tastes” are detected directly by the tongue—salty, sweet, sour, bitter and umami, a Japanese word for the taste Westerners recognize in foods like Parmesan cheese.» —“The Science of Scrumptious” by...
konpanyan n.— «A booth babe is referred to as a “konpanyan-san,” with “konpanyan” being the Japanese pronunciation of the English word companion and san being the old “Daniel-san” that just about...