yandere
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Definition of yandere
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(Japanese)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.
“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.”
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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”).
Words you can make from yandere
112 playable · top: DEANERY (11 pts)
Best play deanery 11 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
7 words5-letter words
16 words4-letter words
39 words- DENY 8 pts
- DRAY 8 pts
- DYER 8 pts
- DYNE 8 pts
- EYED 8 pts
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- YARD 8 pts
- AERY 7 pts
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- YARE 7 pts
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- READ 5 pts
- REDE 5 pts
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- EARN 4 pts
- ERNE 4 pts
- NARE 4 pts
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3-letter words
32 words- DAY 7 pts
- DEY 7 pts
- DRY 7 pts
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- ANY 6 pts
- AYE 6 pts
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- AND 4 pts
- DAN 4 pts
- DEE 4 pts
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- END 4 pts
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2-letter words
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