異世界
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いせかい 】
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[n]
- another world (esp. in fiction)
- otherworld
- parallel universe
- different-dimension world
- isekai
History:
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A 2024-04-04 04:38:52 Syed Raza <...address hidden...> (id#2296958) - Comments
"Isekai" was recently added to the OED as a genre.
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A 2021-09-05 02:51:05 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> - Comments
OK
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A* 2021-09-04 04:01:13 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> - Comments
What opencooper was saying is that "isekai" in English doesn't refer to the actual "other world" as much as it refers to the genre of works that take place in them. I don't think adding "(genre)" is helpful because I don't think it's clear that it should be read as "this English gloss mainly applies to the genre dealing with works taking place in another world" but will instead be interpreted as "異世界 refers to a genre". I'm sure opencooper is correct but I'm assuming "isekai" can have both meanings in English i.e. 1) genre dealing w 異世界, 2) 異世界, and since it's at the bottom of the list, I think this entry is probably fine as-is.
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A 2021-09-04 01:23:16 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> - Comments
Maybe this makes it clearer. Could be a separate sense.
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異世界 321649 異世界ファンタジー 15540 異世界物 740 異世界もの 2097
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A* 2021-09-03 14:27:45 Opencooper - Comments
I just want to note that, in English, "isekai" is primarily used to refer to a *genre* of such works (evidenced by the references provided). Still useful to have, I guess, unless we have an 異世界もの entry or someplace better for it.
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