yandere en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- audio
- /ˈjɑːndɛɹeɪ/
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ヤンデレ (yandere), a portmanteau of 病んでる (yanderu), contraction of 病んでいる (yande iru), progressive tense of 病む (yamu, “to be sick”), and デレデレ (dere-dere, “in a lovey-dovey, infatuated, or lovestruck manner”, adverb). Developed on the model of tsundere (“being cold and even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warm and caring side over time”).
Meanings
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(Internet, qualifier:japanese fiction) A character, usually a girl, who has an obsessive and possessive side regarding their crush, ready to use violent (if not murderous) means to maintain an exclusive bond.
Looking at anime charts, there's always the harem series with the dense hero and a bunch of girls whose personalities are pulled out of a set cast of tropes (the Childhood Friend, Tsundere, Yandere, and Lolita, for instance).
2012, Jazmine Brusola, Rabble Rousers: A Fate/Zero Anime Review, Flyleaf (Ateneo Literary Association), archived from the original on 05 Mar 2023, page 14:And it finally answered the question as to whether Senjougahara is tsundere or yandere.
2009 October 4, sanjian [username], “Re: Bakemonogatari - comments on the end of the TV broadcast”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):“Believe it, man. In fact, she's seriously creepy. Like creepier than that pink-haired girl from Future Diary.” “Wait, what?” Sam got that reference quickly, but was not happy with the comparison. She wasn't a psychopathic, murderous Yandere stalker, from what he could see.
2014, Olivia D. Knight, Please, Let Me Be a Seiyuu!, BookRix, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| yanderes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| yandere | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
deredere · himedere · kuudere · tsundere · dandere
Translations (11)
uk я́ндере (Translations) · ko 얀데레 (Translations) · ar يَانْدِرِي (Translations) · ru я́ндэрэ (Translations) · id yandere (Translations) · fr yandere (Translations) · ja ヤンデレ (Translations) · cmn 病嬌 /病娇 (Translations) · hi यन्देरे (Translations) · de Yandere (Translations) · it yandere (Translations)