中二病

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Chinese

 
middle; centre; within
middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
two
 
ailment; illness; disease
ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
simp. and trad.
(中二病)
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Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese (ちゅう)()(びょう) (chūnibyō).

Pronunciation


Noun

中二病

  1. (Internet slang, ACG)sickness” in teenagers characterized by sophomoric, edgy, and pretentious behavior

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちゅう
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
びょう
Grade: 3
kan’on goon
Alternative spelling
厨二病
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Etymology

Compound of (ちゅう)() (chūni, second year of middle school, short for 中学 (中学)) + (びょう) (byō, sickness). Coined by comedian Hikaru Ijūin in 1999.

Pronunciation

Noun

(ちゅう)()(びょう) (chūnibyō

  1. (Internet slang) a “sickness” in teenagers characterized by sophomoric, edgy, and/or pretentious behaviour (trying too hard to be special in unusual ways)
    (ちゅう)()(びょう)でも(こい)がしたい!
    Chūnibyō de mo koi ga shitai!”
    I want to be in love, even if I have chūnibyō!
    • 2011, STEINS;GATE (STEINS;GATE), episode 23:
      33(さんじゅうさん)にもなって(なに)をやっているんだ(おれ)は!まるで(ちゅう)()(びょう)(ぜん)(かい)じゃないか!」
      “Sanjūsan ni mo natte nani o yatteiru n da ore wa! Maru de chūnibyō zenkai ja nai ka!”
      “I’ll still be doing stuff like that when I’m 33? It's chūnibyō in full force!”

Derived terms

Adjective

(ちゅう)()(びょう) (chūnibyō-na (adnominal (ちゅう)()(びょう) (chūnibyō na), adverbial (ちゅう)()(びょう) (chūnibyō ni))

  1. characterized by such behaviour
    • 2011, STEINS;GATE (STEINS;GATE), episode 6:
      ()()()ちゃんの()(とお)りだと(おも)うよ まゆしぃはそんな(なが)()(まえ)(おぼ)えられません」「(ちゅう)()(びょう)すぎだろ、(じょう)(こう)
      “Kurisu-chan no iu tōri da to omou yo Mayushī wa sonna nagai namae oboeraremasen”“Chūnibyō sugi daro, jōkō”
      “I think Kurisu-chan is right. Mayushii couldn’t possibly remember a name that long.” “Isn’t it too edgy? Come on, man.”

Inflection

Descendants

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