Kawaii: Perbedaan antara revisi

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>

 

== Estetika ==

{{nihongo|Sōichi Masubuchi|増渕聡一|Masubuchi Sōichi}} dalam karyanya, ''Kawaii Syndrome'', berpendapat bahwa ''imut'' and ''bersih'' telah menggantikan estetika Jepang sebelumnya, ''keindahan'' dan ''budi halus''.<ref name="Shiokawa" />