Meanings
comparative more ecchi · superlative most ecchi · alternative etchi
- JapanesefictionOf animation, erotic, lascivious, lewd, naughty, sexy, suggestive.
alternative etchi
- JapaneseuncountablefictionA genre, especially of anime and manga, featuring playful, tongue-in-cheek usage of sexualized scenes and situations such as double entendre or flirtation, while remaining non-pornographic. Often used to differentiate from hentai which features overt sexual themes.
The manga fan was disturbingly proud of his extensive ecchi collection.
Origin
- Englishaitch“name of the letter ⟨H⟩”
- Japaneseエッチ“dirty; perverted”
- Englishecchi
From Japanese エッチ (etchi, “dirty; perverted”), which is derived from English aitch (“name of the letter ⟨H⟩”), which is an initialism of the romaji of Japanese 変(へん)態(たい) (hentai, “pervert”). エッチ (etchi) is not a genre in Japanese; this is a development in English (pseudo-Japonism), similar to that of hentai from 変(へん)態(たい) (hentai, “pervert”) above.
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Arabic إِيتْشِي
- إِيتْشِي (ʔītšī)Translations
Chinese Mandarin 工口, 輕度色情 /轻度色情
- 工口 (gōng kǒu)Translations
- 輕度色情 /轻度色情 (qīng dù sè qíng)Translations
- 肉番 (ròu fān)Translations
Esperanto eĉio
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French ecchi
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Hindi एच्ची
- एच्ची (eccī)Translations
Japanese エッチ
- エッチ (etchi)Translations
Korean 엣치
- 엣치 (etchi)Translations
Norwegian Bokmål ecchi
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Portuguese ecchi
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Russian эччи
- эччи (ečči)Translations
Spanish ecchi
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ecchi
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ecchi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecchi
“ecchi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecchi. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ecchi,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ecchi.
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