dojikko
English
Etymology
From Japanese ドジっ娘 (dojikko), from ドジ (doji, “clumsy”) + 娘 (ko, “girl”).
Wikipe-tan as a dojikko
Noun
dojikko (plural dojikko)
- (Japanese media) A female fictional character who is extremely clumsy, especially in a charming or cute way.
- 2008 August 9, afedakendragon [username], “Re: Aria question”, in rec.arts.anime.misc, Usenet:
- She's been known to make everyone's favorite dojikko look downright sultry...
- 2009 October 20, Manbow Papa [username], “My ratings to 2009 Autumn TV anime shows”, in rec.arts.anime.misc, Usenet:
- Ichigo, 13, is just an ordinary dojikko while her younger sister Natsume wins at a piano competition.
- 2014, Kaiya Kokoro, Starting Out: Complete Anime Lifestyle Guide, SunCloud Design (2014), unnumbered page:
- The difference is, while the klutz's mishaps are interpreted as funny, the dojikko's mishaps are interpreted as cute.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:dojikko.
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Further reading
dojikko on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Japanese
Romanization
dojikko
- Rōmaji transcription of ドジっこ