The Internet is overflown with zentai, hentai, manga and other adult oriented stuff. But what about the motherland of these well-known terms? Time to search in Japanese!
| zentai | ゼンタイ 全身タイツ |
full-body tights |
| hentai | 変態 or へんたい |
abnormal, strange, weird, queer, pervert, kinky, almost a cursing word in Japanese. Incorrectly used in the rest of the world for adult manga |
| kigurumi | 着ぐるみ | costumed animal characters |
| seinen | 成年 | adult |
| gazō | 画像 | image, picture, portrait |
| manga | 漫画 | cartoon, comics |
| adult manga | 成人漫画 | erotic cartoons |
| 18+ | 18禁 | prohibited to those not yet 18 years old |
| ecchi or ethci | エッチ えっち |
(1st letter of Hentai) soft erotica, naughty |
| shibari | 縛り しばり |
tying, binding with rope |
| shibaru | 縛る しばる |
to tie, to bind with rope |
| hojojutsu | 捕縄術 | is the traditional Japanese martial art of restraining a person using cord or rope. |
| nawajutsu | 縄術 | same as above |
| houhou | 方法 ほうほう |
a method, a way, a system |
| kata | 方 かた |
a method |
| shibari-kata | 縛り方 しばりかた |
methods of tying, binding with rope |
| ushiro-te-shibari | 後ろ手縛り | tying hands behind the back |
| nawa | 縄 なわ |
a rope |
| nawa-shi | 縄師 | a rope master |
| nawa shibari | 縄縛り | 1. “rope-tying with rope” – incorrect term invented by non-japanese
2. Shibari by Angela Nawa |
| kinbaku | 緊縛 | bondage |
| jibaku | 自縛 | self-bondage |
| Serufu-bondeji | セルフボンデージ | Japanese transliteration of “self-bondage” |
| 簡易自縛 | simple self-bondage | |
| jibaku-houhou | 自縛方法 | self-bondage methods |
| kikkou | 亀甲 | turtle shell |
| kikkou-shibari | 亀甲縛り | the binding in a form of a turtle shell |
| karada | 体 からだ |
The body. The term is incorrectly used instead of kikkou-shibari |
| tejo | 手錠 | handcuffs |
| kanchou | 浣腸 かんちょう |
rinsing of colons or enema |
| Pantīsutokkingu | パンティーストッキング | pantyhose |
| Taitsu | タイツ | tights |
| mizugi | 水着 | swimsuit |
| ratekkusu | ラテックス | latex |
| gomu rabā |
ゴム ラバー |
rubber |
| rabā mizugi | ラバー水着 | rubber swimsuit |
| masuku | マスク | mask |
| tebukuro | 手袋 | glove(s) |
| niku benki | 肉便器 | human toilet (literally: urinal meat) |
| joshikō-sei | 女子高生 | schoolgirl |
