Etymology

isekai

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Today it means: A genre of Japanese fiction involving everyday people transported to alternative fantasy or virtual worlds. Full definition →

Japanese 異世界
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from異世界
  2. English todayisekai

Borrowed from Japanese 異世界 (isekai, literally “different world”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.