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ecchi

Syllables: ec·chiUK/ˈɛ.tʃi//ˈɛ.tʃiː/

ecchi adjective: of animation, erotic, lascivious, lewd, naughty, sexy, suggestive.

Adjective

ecchi (comparative more ecchi, superlative most ecchi)

  1. (Japanese) Of animation, erotic, lascivious, lewd, naughty, sexy, suggestive.

Noun

ecchi (countable and uncountable, plural ecchi)

  1. (Japanese, uncountable) A genre, especially of anime and manga, featuring playful, tongue-in-cheek usage of sexualized scenes and situations such as double entendre or flirtation, while remaining non-pornographic. Often used to differentiate from hentai which features overt sexual themes.
    • The manga fan was disturbingly proud of his extensive ecchi collection.
  2. (Japanese, countable, rare, proscribed by fandom) A situation within a story, especially anime and manga, which ventures into the ecchi genre.
    • There was a moment of ecchi for comic relief in the otherwise serious story.

ecchi meaning in Marathi

ecchi in Marathi

Translations
एच्ची eccī

Forms of ecchi

Adjective
comparativemore ecchi
superlativemost ecchi
alternative formetchi
Noun
pluralecchi

Origin of ecchi

From Japanese エッチ (etchi, “dirty; perverted”), which is derived from English aitch (“name of the letter ⟨H⟩”), which is an initialism of the romaji of Japanese 変(へん)態(たい) (hentai, “pervert”). エッチ (etchi) is not a genre in Japanese; this is a development in English (pseudo-Japonism), similar to that of hentai from 変(へん)態(たい) (hentai, “pervert”) above.

Words formed from ecchi

Words that rhyme with ecchi

Questions about ecchi

What does ecchi mean?
Ecchi means of animation, erotic, lascivious, lewd, naughty, sexy, suggestive.
What is ecchi in Marathi?
Ecchi in Marathi is एच्ची (eccī). See Ecchi meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is ecchi?
Ecchi can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce ecchi?
Ecchi is pronounced /ˈɛ.tʃi/ (UK).

Words near ecchi in the dictionary

  1. eccentrizing
  2. eccentrometer
  3. eccentrometers
  4. eccer
  5. ECCEs
  6. ecchi
  7. ecchiness
  8. eccho
  9. ecchoes
  10. ecchondroma
  11. ecchondromas

Source and license

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