Etymology

danmaku

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Today it means: The (intricate patterns of) bullets seen in bullet hell games. Full definition →

Japanese 弾幕
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from弾幕
  2. English todaydanmaku

From Japanese 弾幕 (literally “barrage”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.