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1 | dagger | 0 | 209 | 0 | 0 | A bladed fighting weapon with a sharp point designed or capable of being used as a thrusting or stabbing weapon. Many ancient cultures used adorned daggers in ritual and ceremonial purposes. (source: Wikipedia) |
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daikaijuu | 301 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Literally translating to giant monster, daikaiju is an element found often in Japanese entertainment. Although usually for the science fiction genre it is also often used in horror, fantasy, mecha, and to a lesser extent comedy. Any monster that towers over a house technically qualifies as a daikaiju. Some anime, usually mecha, will go as far as calling their daikaiju with a specific title. |
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daily life | 1481 | 0 | 0 | 0 | The antics of the protagonists do not take place in some exotic setting or time, but in everyday life. Daily Life is basically a synonym for everything normal, repetitive, and trivial happening to your average person. |
4 | daimyou | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | A generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in premodern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings. | |
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Dakini | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | The Dakini race is the alien race in the Gintama universe that has the appearance of an oni, known for their scary facial features along with their red eyes and horns. They are giants with large muscular bodies, either green or blue skin color and furry legs. Nothing is shown about their female race. Their bodies are weak against hot water so they prefer ice cold water for baths. |
6 | damsel in distress | 217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | The damsel in distress is usually a young, nubile woman placed in a dire predicament by a villain or a monster and requires a hero to dash to her rescue. Often used to unite the cast of a show for this one goal, to make them put differences aside and become a band of nakama. Examples: Sakoshita Yanagi from Rekka no Honoo, Yuuki Miaka from Fushigi Yuugi or Higurashi Kagome from Inuyasha. |
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7 | dance instructor | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
8 | dancer | 0 | 44 | 72 | 0 | ||
9 | dancing | 85 | 216 | 4 | 0 | Dance is when people move their body to music. There are many kinds of dance, like ballet or waltz. Dancing can be done for fun but can be also an art. | |
10 | dandere | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | A dandere is a character archetype that entails someone being quiet which is usually associated with shyness. "dan" comes from the word "danmari" which means silent and taciturn. "dere" means to become "lovey dovey". Not to be confused with kuudere which is a cool person that becomes lovey dovey. They are very similar in appearance and possibly behavior, but their underlying character r... [more] |
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11 | Danish | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | ||
12 | dark | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Describes the overall mood in this anime. Dark colours, a non-happy, often tragic story, dark lighting, many night scenes or constantly dark skies, and continuous rain all contribute to setting this mood. The anime will often be quite depressing to watch. |
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13 | dark atmosphere | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Usually metaphorical. Sometimes literal. At times both! Typically this refers to the fact that the story is set in a grim, dog eat dog milieu — for example a decaying city. Often the characters are just doing what they need to do to survive, with little or no expectation that their lives can be better. And often characters may feel they do not have any real choice in what the... [more] |
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dark elf | 36 | 76 | 0 | 0 | |
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dark fantasy | 226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Focus set on darker themes in a fantasy setting, sometimes leaning towards horror elements. Bleak and pessimistic tones often dominate. Dark supernatural beings like vampires may play a significant role. |
16 | dark jinn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
17 | dark magic | 0 | 243 | 0 | 0 | ||
18 | dark mood | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Similar to 'Dark Atmosphere', but more focused on the actual characters rather than the setting. A dark mood can easily result from a dark atmosphere. A dark mood is more than just occasionally feeling angry or down, it's usually a permanent character trait that sours the character's relationships with others. However it arises, at least one character in this anime can see little good in the world or the people in it. |
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19 | dark past | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Way back when, something horrible happened - like murder, betrayal, rape or cataclysm. It may have happened to a character, or been caused by a character. It may be some powerful evil that was vanquished long ago. Whatever it was, that past event will echo in the plotline of this story, providing motivation or peril for the protagonists. |
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dark skin | 0 | 1329 | 0 | 0 | Dark skin is a naturally occurring human skin color that is rich in melanin pigments and having a dark color. |
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dark-skinned girl | 340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | The anime features a girl with dark skin. A fetish of sorts, since the other protagonists are usually as white-skinned as porcelain dolls. |
22 | darts | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
23 | data analyst | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | A data analyst is someone who works in producing relevant information out of a great amount of data. | |
24 | data entity | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||
25 | date | 0 | 0 | 0 | 511 | A date is a romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover. A date may also involve more than 2 people, a "tag-team" date; for example, 1 male and 2 females. | |
26 | daughter complex | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
27 | deadpan | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | A deadpan person is one who deliberately and constantly maintains an imive, expressionless face. The term, which arose in the 1920s as combination of "dead" and "pan", slang for the face, may also apply to the face itself. Contrarily to someone who is emotionally stunted, there is nothing uncommon about the emotions of someone deadpan; they merely suppress the transmission of their feelings to their expression. | |
28 | deaf | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | The inability to hear | |
29 | dear mother in heaven | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A form of veneration of ancestors, where people call upon their ancestors for help, advice and similar in their everyday life like in other cultures upon God, Jesus, the Virgin Mary or various saints. The veneration of the spirit's of one's ancestors is an integral part of Japanese culture. | |
30 | death | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Death is the state of no longer being alive or the process of ceasing to be alive. |