ヤンデレ

Japanese

Etymology

Blend of 病んでる (yanderu, contraction of 病んでいる (yande iru, progressive tense of 病む (yamu, “to be sick”))) +‎ でれでれ (deredere, “in a lovey-dovey, infatuated, or lovestruck manner”, adverb).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ヤンデレ [yàńdéré] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jã̠nde̞ɾe̞]

Noun

ヤンデレ • (yandere) 

1. yandere

Descendants

• → English: yandere
• → Korean: 얀데레 (yandere)
• → Mandarin: 病嬌／病娇 (bìngjiāo)

See also

• ツンデレ (tsundere)
• ダンデレ (dandere)
• クーデレ (kūdere)