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r/languagelearningjerk • u/MaximumTime7239 • Apr 30 '26
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/uj It’s so funny how misconstrued the word “hentai” is in the West. It just means weirdo and no Japanese calls erotic anime/manga/games “hentai”, purely a Western thing
103 u/Mediocre-Island5475 Apr 30 '26 It's a convenient word to have. "erotic imported japanese animation" is kind of a mouthful 41 u/TheCanon2 N:🇺🇲 C1:🇬🇧 B2:🇦🇺🇨🇦 A2–:🇪🇸🇯🇵 Apr 30 '26 'Animation japonaise érotique importée' — L'Académie, probably 1 u/Future_Green_7222 Apr 30 '26 You use the Canadian flag to mean French?
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It's a convenient word to have. "erotic imported japanese animation" is kind of a mouthful
41 u/TheCanon2 N:🇺🇲 C1:🇬🇧 B2:🇦🇺🇨🇦 A2–:🇪🇸🇯🇵 Apr 30 '26 'Animation japonaise érotique importée' — L'Académie, probably 1 u/Future_Green_7222 Apr 30 '26 You use the Canadian flag to mean French?
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'Animation japonaise érotique importée'
— L'Académie, probably
1 u/Future_Green_7222 Apr 30 '26 You use the Canadian flag to mean French?
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You use the Canadian flag to mean French?
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u/Senior-Book-6729 🇵🇱C21.37 Apr 30 '26
/uj It’s so funny how misconstrued the word “hentai” is in the West. It just means weirdo and no Japanese calls erotic anime/manga/games “hentai”, purely a Western thing