Flying SquidM to Lemmy Shitpost • 9 months agoDo you have to be Japanese to be a Kaiju?imagemessage-square55arrow-up1647arrow-down19
arrow-up1638arrow-down1imageDo you have to be Japanese to be a Kaiju?Flying SquidM to Lemmy Shitpost • 9 months agomessage-square55
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•9 months agoIt’s a Japanese word, in English we just say giant Like Isekai, in English we just say fantasy
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂlink9•edit-29 months agoIsekai means different world and is specific a subgenre of fantasy. For literal fantasy, it’s just ファンタジー or fantoji, lol.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•edit-29 months agoIn English it’s not popular enough to differentiate Other examples of words without direct translations https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/untranslatable-01
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂlink1•edit-29 months agoAh, I see what you mean. I misinterpreted the intent of your original comment - I’m a wee hungover lol.
It’s a Japanese word, in English we just say giant
Like Isekai, in English we just say fantasy
Isekai means different world and is specific a subgenre of fantasy. For literal fantasy, it’s just ファンタジー or fantoji, lol.
In English it’s not popular enough to differentiate
Other examples of words without direct translations
https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/untranslatable-01
Ah, I see what you mean. I misinterpreted the intent of your original comment - I’m a wee hungover lol.
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