ecchi

ecchi englanniksi

1. Erotic, lascivious, lewd, naughty, sexy, suggestive.

2. A genre, especially of anime and manga, featuring playful, tongue-in-cheek usage of sexualized scenes and situations such as 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.''

3. A situation within a story, especially anime and manga, which ventures into the ecchi genre.

''There was a moment of ecchi for comic relief in the otherwise serious story.''