tsundere
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ツンデレ (tsundere), from つんつん (tsun-tsun, “in a cross, aloof, or standoffish manner”, adverb) + でれでれ (dere-dere, “in a lovey-dovey, infatuated, or lovestruck manner”, adverb).
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: tso͞on'dər-ā; IPA(key): /ˈtsun.dəɹ.eɪ/
Noun
tsundere (plural tsundere or tsunderes)
- (chiefly Japanese fiction) A cold, nitpicky character, usually a girl, who conceals (without complete success) a bashfulness in the presence of their crush.
- 2008, Kio Shimoku, Kujibiki Unbalance 1, Del Rey/Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page unnumbered:
- I usually draw very peaceful, happy manga, so it has been a real challenge for me to illustrate the vice president's death glare and Ri-chan's subtle tsundere attitude.
- 2010 August 14, David Johnston, “Full Metal Panic: One Night Stand”, in rec.arts.anime.misc, Usenet:
- Even Kaname's rude and overbearing tsundere personality is explained by her having gone to school in the United States where she was socialized to just bluntly say what she thought.
- 2012, Dani Cavallaro, Kyoto Animation: A Critical Study and Filmography, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 157:
- Despite his apparent power, the boy behaves with uncharacteristic meekness toward the formidable tsundere Misato Tachibana, whose grotesquely distorted romantic feelings for Koujirou almost invariably result in her shooting him all over the school with heavy weaponry (which seems to spring out of nowhere).
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:tsundere.
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Related terms
- dandere, kuudere, kamidere, yandere
Translations
character who fits the archetype of being cold or hostile before gradually showing a warm and caring side
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Adjective
tsundere (comparative more tsundere, superlative most tsundere)
- Showing qualities typical of a tsundere.
References
- Tsundere ツンデレ at Japanese With Anime
Anagrams
- dentures, detuners, endurest, sederunt, underset, unrested