yandere
/ˈjɑːndɛɹeɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "And it finally answered the question as to whether Senjougahara is tsundere or yandere."
- "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)."
- "“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."
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ヤンデレ