otokonoko ( 男の娘, "male daughter" or "male girl"): a man who has a culturally feminine gender expression, which includes amongst others a feminine appearance, or cross-dressing.
Their name is a portmanteau of the Japanese pronunciation of cool ( クール), and deredere ( でれでれ). They tend to be leaders who are always in charge of a situation. They show little emotion, and in extreme cases are completely emotionless, but may be hiding their true emotions.
kuudere ( クーデレ, also kūdere): A stock love interest who is calm and collected on the outside, and never panics.
One of the most common types is the catgirl.
kemonomimi ( 獣耳, けものミミ, ケモノミミ): Characters with animal features such as ears and a tail, but a human body.
goudere ( 豪デレ): A character who relentlessly pursues their own vision of their love interest's desires, which they typically misunderstand in some comically over-the-top fashion.
Dojikko character traits are often used for stock characters in anime and manga series. They may make mistakes that hurt themselves or others.
dojikko ( ドジっ子): A cute girl who tends to be clumsy.
Several entries on this list are examples. any stock character, usually female, who is distinguished by interacting with their love interest in a certain way.
-dere ( デレ): An umbrella term for all words with the suffix i.e.
Their name is a portmanteau of danmari ( 黙り), meaning silence, and deredere, "lovey dovey" ( でれでれ).
They are afraid to talk, fearing that what they say will get them in trouble.
dandere ( ダンデレ): A stock love interest who is quiet and asocial.
"middle two disease"): typically used to describe early teens who have delusions of grandeur and have convinced themselves they have hidden knowledge or secret powers. In Japan, it refers to youth with such characteristics, while in Europe and the Americas, it has become a generic term for attractively androgynous males of all ages.
bishōnen ( 美少年, "beautiful boy", sometimes abbreviated bishie): Japanese aesthetic concept of the ideally beautiful young man: androgynous, effeminate or gender-ambiguous.
bishōjo ( 美少女, "pretty girl"): Beautiful young woman.
ahoge ( アホゲ, "idiot hair"): Refers to any noticeable strand of hair which sticks in a different direction from the rest of an anime/manga character’s hair.