ツンデレ

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Japanese

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ツンデレ

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Tsundere

Etymology

Blend of つんつん (tsuntsun, “morosely, aloofly, offputtingly”, adverb) +‎ でれでれ (deredere, “in a lovey-dovey or infatuated manner”, adverb).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ツンデレ (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

ツンデレ • (tsundere)

(chiefly Japanese fiction) tsundere: a cold, nitpicky character, usually a girl, who conceals (without complete success) a bashfulness in the presence of their crush

Descendants

→ English: tsundere
→ Korean: 츤데레 (cheundere)
→ Thai: ซึนเดเระ (sʉn-dee-ré)

See also

ヤンデレ (yandere)
ダンデレ (dandere)
クーデレ (kūdere)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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