isekai

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 異世界 (isekai, literally “different world”).

Noun

isekai (uncountable)

1. (Japanese fiction) A genre of Japanese fiction involving everyday people transported to alternative fantasy or virtual worlds.
   • 2017, Ryo Shirakome, DxS, Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest (volume 1)

     It's not every day that an isekai author gets published out of the sea of isekai stories on there.

Verb

isekai (third-person singular simple present isekais, present participle isekaiing, simple past and past participle isekaied or isekai'd)

1. (fandom slang, transitive) To transport (someone) into an alternative world, often by killing them.

   The protagonist was isekai'd by Truck-kun.

Derived terms

• reverse isekai

Translations

To transport into an alternative world

• Belarusian: ісекайнуцца (isjekajnucca)
• Marathi: इसेकाई करणे (isekāī karṇe)
• Russian: исекайнуться (isekajnutʹsja)
• Spanish: isekai m
• Ukrainian: ісекайнутися (isekajnutysja)

Anagrams

• saikei

Japanese

Romanization

isekai

1. Rōmaji transcription of いせかい