Kawaii: Perbedaan antara revisi

'''Kawaii''' adalah kualitas keimutan, khususnya dalam konteks budaya Jepang.<ref>"[http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/kawaii kawaii]", ''Oxford Dictionaries Online''.</ref> {{nihongo||[[:wikt:可愛|可愛]]さ|kawaisa}} (keadaan imut, [[nomina]]) telah menjadi unsur penting dalam [[budaya populer Jepang]], [[hiburan]], [[busana jalanan Jepang|busana]], [[masakan Jepang|makanan]], [[mainan desainer|mainan]], [[penampilan fisik manusia|penampilan]], dan mannerisme.<ref>Diana Lee, "[http://uniorb.com/ATREND/Japanwatch/cute.htm Inside Look at Japanese Cute Culture]" (September 1, 2005).</ref> {{nihongo|''Kawaii''|可愛い}} sebagai [[adjektiva]]<ref>かわいい - kawaii - 可愛い - cute Japanesefile. Diakses 7 Mei 2011 dari http://japanesefile.com/Adjectives/kawaii_3.html</ref><ref>Kim, T. Beautiful is an Adjective. Diakses 7 Mei 2011, from http://www.guidetojapanese.org/adjectives.html</ref> secara harfiah berarti ''imut-imut'', ''comel'', ''molek'',<ref>{{cite book |title=Kamus Standar Bahasa Jepang-Indonesia |last=Taniguchi |first=Goro |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1997 |publisher=Dian Rakyat |location=Jakarta |isbn=979-523-188-X}}</ref><ref>Ashlstrom, K. Denshi Jisho — Online Japanese dictionary. "kawaii". Diakses 7 Mei 2011, from http://jisho.org/words?jap=kawaii&eng=&dict=edict</ref> atau ''mungil''.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=C0xbMp8xbYQC&dq=the+japanese+self+in+cultural+logic&pg=PP1&ots=VdSrG9XnkD&sig=Cq_ol5inWdqYEvPnnvGS9_7_MC4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result] _The Japanese Self in Cultural Logic_ by Takei Sugiyama Libre, c. 2004 University of Hawaii Press, ISBN 0824828402, p. 86.</ref>

Akar kata dari ''kawaisa'' dan ''kawaii'' adalah ''kawai'' yang dibentuk dari kanji ''ka'' ([[:wikt:可|可]]), berarti ''dapat'' (''bisa'') ditambah ''ai'' ([[:wikt:愛|愛]]), berarti ''cinta''. Istilah ''kawaii'' telah memiliki arti kedua sebagai ''cakep'',<ref>{{cite book |title=Daily Japanese and English Expression |last=Labiun |first=Samiun |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= |publisher=Pustaka Widyatama |location= |isbn= |page=8 |pages= |url= |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="Kwest">''Time Asia'': "Arts: Kwest For Kawaii". Retrieved on 2006-04-19 from https://archive.is/20130105170510/www.time.com/time/asia/arts/magazine/0,9754,131022,00.html.</ref> ''manis (potongannya)'',<ref name="Kwest" /> ''mendingan'',<ref name="theage">''TheAge.Com:'' "Japan smitten by love of cute" http://www.theage.com.au/news/people/cool-or-infantile/2006/06/18/1150569208424.html</ref> ''patut'',<ref name="theage" /> ''memesona''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Kamus Kanji Modern Jepang-Indonesia |last=Nelson |first=Andrew N. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1996 |publisher=Kesaint Blanc |location=Jakarta |isbn=979-593-044-3 |pages=42}}</ref><ref name="Shiokawa">Shiokawa. "Cute But Deadly: Women and Violence in Japanese Comics". ''Themes and Issues in Asian Cartooning: Cute, Cheap, Mad and Sexy''. Ed. John A. Lent. Bowling Green, Kentucky: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1999. 93–125. ISBN 0-87972-779-9.</ref>