isekai
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 異世界 (isekai, literally “different world”).
Noun edit
isekai (uncountable)
- (Japanese fiction) A genre of Japanese fiction involving everyday people transported to alternate fantasy or virtual worlds.
- 2017, Ryo Shirakome, DxS, Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (volume 1)
- It's not every day that an isekai author gets published out of the sea of isekai stories on there.
- 2017, Ryo Shirakome, DxS, Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (volume 1)
Verb edit
isekai (third-person singular simple present isekais, present participle isekaiing, simple past and past participle isekaied or isekai'd)
- (fandom slang, transitive) To transport (someone) into an alternate world, often by dying.
- The protagonist was isekai'd by Truck-kun.
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Translations edit
To transport into an alternate world
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isekai