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- Japanese · borrowed from電波“radio wave”
- English todaydenpa
Borrowed from Japanese 電波 (denpa, “radio wave”) by association with 電波系 (denpa-kei, “person disconnected from reality”).
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denpa
Today it means: Works of fiction associated with alienation from reality, society, and ordinary and typically urban life, and failures of perception or communication. Full definition →
Japanese 電波