ロリコン

Japanese

Etymology

Clipping of ロリータ・コンプレックス (“Lolita complex”), from the Vladimir Nabokov novel Lolita and English complex (not from English Lolita complex, which comes from the Japanese term). Compare ショタコン (“Shōtarō complex, attraction to young boys”), マザコン (“mother complex, Oedipus complex”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ロリコン [ròríkóń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ɾʲikõ̞ɴ]

Noun

ロリコン • (rorikon) 

1. (informal) lolicon
   1. sexual attraction to young girls
      • 1991, Shōji Kitagawa, Satsujin Hyōron [Critique of Manslaughter], page 108:

        ロリコンが性(せい)の問(もん)題(だい)であるからには、そこに何(なに)がしかの闘(とう)争(そう)性(せい)が見(み)られなければならない。

        Rorikon ga sei no mondai dearu kara ni wa, soko ni nanigashi ka no tōsō sei ga mirarenakerebanaranai.

        Because lolicon is a sexual problem, we must look for some conflict of that nature.

   2. one who is sexually attracted to young girls
      • 2000 August 10, Yūma Andō with Asaki, Masashi, “BREAK(ブレイク).39(さんじゅうきゅう)　痛(つう)恨(こん)の国(くに)光(みつ)‥ [Break 39: When Kunimitsu Has Remorse...]”, in サイコメトラーEIJI(エイジ) [Psychometrer Eiji], volume 24 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:

        でも——可(か)愛(わい)いですね　このジンガイのガキ

        Demo—— kawaii desu ne kono jingai no gaki

        However— this foreign kid’s pretty cute, don’t ya think

        チッ　ロリコンが

        Chi' rorikon ga

        Yeesh, you pedo

Coordinate terms

• ショタコン (shotakon)

Descendants

• → English: lolicon
• → French: lolicon
• → Hebrew: לוליקון (lulikón)
• → Korean: 로리콘 (rorikon)
• → Mandarin: 蘿莉控／萝莉控 (luólìkòng)
• → Russian: лолико́н (lolikón)
• → Ukrainian: лоліко́н (lolikón)