The Oxford English Dictionary’s latest update adds 23 Japanese words
www.theguardian.com
More than half of the borrowed words relate to cooking, while Kintsugi, the increasingly popular art of repairing broken pottery with gold lacquer is also included

It’s official. You’re not an otaku nerd anymore if you say Isekai but someone with an extensive vocabulary. Don’t let anyone tell you anything else!

  • zabadoh@ani.socialEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I noticed they studiously avoided using the phrase “light novel”.

    I just tried, and they don’t have a definition for that phrase.

    The best match that the OED came up with was “railway novel” defined as:

    railway novel, n. A light novel, typically in a cheap edition, suitable for reading on a railway journey.