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2017 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

2. Cuteness in Japan

verfasst von : Aaron Marcus, Masaaki Kurosu, Xiaojuan Ma, Ayako Hashizume

Erschienen in: Cuteness Engineering

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

In this chapter, the Japanese word “kawaii will be discussed instead of “cute” because the Japanese do not use the English word “cuteness” or “cute” in their conversation or in written form and “kawaii” is the closest word to “cute.”

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Metadaten
Titel
Cuteness in Japan
verfasst von
Aaron Marcus
Masaaki Kurosu
Xiaojuan Ma
Ayako Hashizume
Copyright-Jahr
2017
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61961-3_2