Japanophiles! What's the difference between "moe" and "kawaii"? As far as I know they both mean that something is cute, but while it's Ok here on 4chan to say "moe", you'll get crucified if you say "kawaii".

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Anonymous Fri Jun 13 13:40:16 2008 No.816736 [Reply] [Original]

Japanophiles!
What's the difference between "moe" and "kawaii"? As far as I know they both mean that something is cute, but while it's Ok here on 4chan to say "moe", you'll get crucified if you say "kawaii".

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 13:31:06 2008 No.816716 I loled

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 13:32:06 2008 No.816719 Shit. I just had to bite. But more of the girl in the OP.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 13:36:06 2008 No.816723 I don't think you have a girlfriend, enjoy learning katakana alone

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 13:41:07 2008 No.816738 File: 38 KB, 272x311, 1213364467774.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] No L, it is I who is eating you!

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 13:41:16 2008 No.816739 Travis Touchdown says moe. Those two trolls that did the kawaiiest lucky stah fandub evar say kawaii. It's a manly thing.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 13:42:22 2008 No.816740 File: 250 KB, 614x556, 1213364542373.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] O NOM NOM NOM thread now?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 13:43:49 2008 No.816745 I always figured "moe" was more the feeling produced by cute things.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 13:44:05 2008 No.816746 File: 17 KB, 290x310, 1213364645726.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Moe does not mean cute, though it can refer to something that is cute and often does.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 13:46:04 2008 No.816747 >>816746 What does it mean then?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 13:47:07 2008 No.816748 Watch more anime. You'll figure it out eventually.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 13:48:47 2008 No.816750 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_%28slang%29 "Moe" is a fairly complicated concept at first glance, but once you get the hang of it it comes quite naturally.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 13:49:20 2008 No.816752 File: 277 KB, 1064x1516, 1213364960695.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Here you go, simple explanation.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 13:49:37 2008 No.816754 File: 22 KB, 791x613, 1213364977102.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>816740

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 13:49:40 2008 No.816755 >>816748 I've watched a bunch of anime, I get the idea but its still fuzzy.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 13:50:32 2008 No.816757 Just started using the internet? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_%28slang%29

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 13:51:44 2008 No.816760 File: 358 KB, 1064x1516, 1213365104461.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 13:53:33 2008 No.816765 File: 132 KB, 358x492, 1213365213386.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>816740

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 13:58:40 2008 No.816777 File: 125 KB, 800x600, 1213365520453.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This is the best picture I could find of true moe~

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 14:02:18 2008 No.816784 Moe is the feeling of love and warmth you experience when you see a character which is cute, attractive and loveable, usually in a bishoujo or hyper deformed (chibi) style.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 14:04:41 2008 No.816791 Moe is another word for guro

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 14:10:49 2008 No.816803 Moe is the complete opposite of emo

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 14:18:06 2008 No.816822 >>815979 Japanese, moved to Germany at the age of 4 You have a case of Asuka there. Disengage or you will be splashed with hot coffee.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 14:19:06 2008 No.816824 >>didn't take the time to learn Katakana seriously You're fucked. Seriously.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 14:20:04 2008 No.816825 File: 115 KB, 693x637, 1213366804697.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 14:20:28 2008 No.816827 >>816825 This is moe~

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 14:25:30 2008 No.816832 >>816777 holy shit, x-box kid?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 14:40:44 2008 No.816858 File: 21 KB, 432x238, 1213368044611.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>816825 scary lady

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 14:48:59 2008 No.816874 VULNERABLE JESUS CHRIST, IT'S NOT HARD

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 14:53:34 2008 No.816885 File: 30 KB, 370x340, 1213368814362.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This is kauai

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 14:53:42 2008 No.816886 萌える - to sprout

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 15:32:50 2008 No.817010 File: 22 KB, 289x425, 1213371170724.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This is moe.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 15:33:38 2008 No.817016 Why are there actual responses to this? Stop helping him, faggots.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 16:24:09 2008 No.817298 "Moe" is Dutch for "tired".

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 16:29:30 2008 No.817331 Moe is something you find cute. For some people, moe is a loli. For others, it's Kaiji or a giant robot.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 16:29:32 2008 No.817332 File: 594 KB, 600x660, 1213374572116.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] whats this

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 16:32:46 2008 No.817352 >>817332 That would be HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 16:34:16 2008 No.817358 File: 126 KB, 800x600, 1213374856820.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This is MOAB

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 16:38:04 2008 No.817377 File: 50 KB, 700x525, 1213375084428.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This is moe~

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 16:40:55 2008 No.817399 Moe is a concept on it's own, without parallels. It is a word of the adamic language.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 16:41:35 2008 No.817403 Moe is something that women can't feel

Anonymous Fri Jun 13 16:50:51 2008 No.817455
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Moe is a term to describe that feeling of wanting to take something home, care for it and protect it. It is usually associated to girls who not only are cute, but also evoke impressions of helplessness, frailty, clumsiness and so on.

>>	Anonymous of Croatia !na1byG1GU. Fri Jun 13 16:53:45 2008 No.817468 File: 61 KB, 350x275, 1213376025317.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817455 >take something home

>>	Anonymous of Croatia !na1byG1GU. Fri Jun 13 16:54:35 2008 No.817471 File: 97 KB, 694x573, 1213376075973.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817468

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 17:01:18 2008 No.817499 Japanorama has a good defintion.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 17:04:55 2008 No.817509 In very basic terms: moe = turn ons/fetish kawaii = cute literally Example: I have a pony-tail moe.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 17:08:21 2008 No.817520 >>817471 DO I SEE HARD NIPPLES?

>>	Conan O'Briebers Fri Jun 13 17:12:16 2008 No.817534 File: 35 KB, 608x352, 1213377136216.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817499 Yeah but Johnathon Ross dresses up as Hard Gay so yeah

>>	Anonymous of Croatia !na1byG1GU. Fri Jun 13 17:13:58 2008 No.817543 File: 14 KB, 250x250, 1213377238524.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817520 YES!

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 17:16:29 2008 No.817554 File: 9 KB, 150x207, 1213377389633.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817543

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 17:21:45 2008 No.817578 File: 1004 KB, 360x359, 1213377705281.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817543 FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 17:23:11 2008 No.817586 File: 230 KB, 550x600, 1213377791593.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Rena is a highly dangerous sexual predator predominantly targeting young girls.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 17:24:01 2008 No.817599 Moe's when you're out at a club and you totally see this hot chick just kind of writhin' around after she's had like 7 jello shots and then she blows you in the back of your Jeep. Shit's so cash.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 17:27:05 2008 No.817608 File: 73 KB, 300x300, 1213378025106.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 17:28:48 2008 No.817621 File: 507 KB, 1500x2124, 1213378128759.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817586

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 17:34:12 2008 No.817645 >>817586 Hinamizawa law states that she must live within 5 feet of my bed.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 17:35:16 2008 No.817650 >>817455 Can I get some of the delicious, heavenly sauce on that pic?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 17:37:51 2008 No.817657 >>816736 >-She's moe, which is Jappo speak for "I want to fuck her raw and bleeding." I dunno how those Japs say all that shit with three letters. Crazy motherfuckers.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 17:47:05 2008 No.817699 >>817650 some doujin of archer taking care of loli sakura amd rin. no sex.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 17:58:33 2008 No.817753 >>817699 Even better that way! Thanks, Anon.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:05:52 2008 No.817794 File: 82 KB, 400x400, 1213380352547.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817753 I didn't save it all when someone posted and didn't catch the name. It was something to do with Nanny Archer.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:10:55 2008 No.817813 >>817699 >>817753 >>817794 Childcare is War >>>/rs/childcare

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:17:01 2008 No.817833 File: 547 KB, 992x1400, 1213381021872.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817650

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:19:26 2008 No.817844 File: 467 KB, 992x1400, 1213381166519.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:19:41 2008 No.817845 File: 418 KB, 992x1400, 1213381181199.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817844

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:22:50 2008 No.817855 File: 436 KB, 992x1400, 1213381370562.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817845

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:23:40 2008 No.817859 >>817845 >>817844 >>817833 deep many voice Kawaii~

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:23:57 2008 No.817861 File: 461 KB, 992x1400, 1213381437844.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817855

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:24:55 2008 No.817868 File: 462 KB, 992x1400, 1213381495591.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817861

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:25:09 2008 No.817869 >>817861 >>817855 >>817845 >>817844 >>817833 Deep MANLY voice Kawaii~

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:25:36 2008 No.817873 File: 438 KB, 992x1400, 1213381536361.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817868

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:26:35 2008 No.817879 File: 399 KB, 992x1400, 1213381595165.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817873

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:27:06 2008 No.817881 File: 392 KB, 992x1400, 1213381626301.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817879

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:28:05 2008 No.817889 File: 352 KB, 992x1400, 1213381685219.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817881

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:28:14 2008 No.817890 >>817869 newfag weeaboo

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:28:42 2008 No.817894 File: 365 KB, 992x1400, 1213381722633.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817889

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:30:42 2008 No.817909 File: 360 KB, 992x1400, 1213381842006.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817894

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:31:24 2008 No.817913 File: 396 KB, 992x1400, 1213381884393.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817909

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:32:50 2008 No.817923 I've read this a thousand hundred times, but no matter how many times I read it, it still makes me HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGH

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:34:09 2008 No.817931 File: 440 KB, 992x1400, 1213382049018.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817913

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:34:44 2008 No.817937 File: 433 KB, 992x1400, 1213382084784.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817931

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:35:28 2008 No.817943 File: 365 KB, 992x1400, 1213382128506.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817937

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:35:42 2008 No.817944 >>817890 thatsthejoke.jpg

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:36:06 2008 No.817947 File: 304 KB, 992x1400, 1213382166165.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817943

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:37:45 2008 No.817956 File: 464 KB, 992x1400, 1213382265255.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817947

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:38:09 2008 No.817957 File: 378 KB, 992x1400, 1213382289540.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817956

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:38:26 2008 No.817959 >>817794 >>817833 >>817794 I love you guyssshhhh.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:38:34 2008 No.817960 File: 434 KB, 992x1400, 1213382314457.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817957

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:39:21 2008 No.817966 File: 96 KB, 741x592, 1213382361155.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:39:22 2008 No.817965 >>817960

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:40:57 2008 No.817974 File: 480 KB, 992x1400, 1213382457866.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>817965

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:42:10 2008 No.817980 this thread turned from mediocre to completely awesome

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:44:30 2008 No.817994 >>817966 Oh god, not one of these again.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:45:27 2008 No.818003 There's still more, but I can't post it since I'm leaving. It's a shame, almost got to the Christmas part, too.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:51:05 2008 No.818023 >>818003 I wuv you, Anon.

>>	Suika !FSwM3CeNMU Fri Jun 13 18:51:13 2008 No.818025 >>817966 is it bad that i giggled irl?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:51:55 2008 No.818031 >>818025 No. It just means that you're where you belong.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 18:57:34 2008 No.818057 File: 34 KB, 550x400, 1213383454332.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 19:17:26 2008 No.818146 moe is the opposite of GAR Now that we're done feeding the possible troll, let's get back to spending our time elsewhere.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 19:18:30 2008 No.818151 >>818146 What happens if you put GAR with moe?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 19:18:51 2008 No.818153 >>818146 GAR? You mean the spaceship?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 19:20:30 2008 No.818160 >>818151 You get Kaiji

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 19:21:59 2008 No.818173 File: 112 KB, 1024x576, 1213384919826.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] モエ？

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 13 23:08:52 2008 No.819329 >>817957 source?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 14 01:31:03 2008 No.819928 >>818173 Is that some rapeseed?

Anonymous Sat Jun 14 01:35:57 2008 No.819952

Moe is the name that men created to describe a feeling they had not been able to openly experience before. This is the feeling that makes women get all squealy when they see something very cute. Japanese men discovered this feeling when looking at vulnerable 2D girls, and called this unfamiliar, intoxicating feeling "moe".

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 14 01:42:14 2008 No.820000 File: 18.00 MB, 300x256, 1213407734241.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 14 01:43:44 2008 No.820009 >>820000 MOE

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 14 01:45:20 2008 No.820017 >>820000 GET

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 14 01:48:57 2008 No.820029 >>820017 >>820009 >>820000 Same person, fail.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 14 01:49:46 2008 No.820042 >>820029 wrong now look how stupid you are

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 14 02:07:19 2008 No.820140 >What is moe Baby don't hurt me.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 14 02:12:36 2008 No.820171 >>820000 MoeGET

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 14 02:23:15 2008 No.820253 >>820017 >>820171 Not a GET.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 14 02:25:47 2008 No.820270 File: 768 KB, 160x120, 1213410347370.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>818151 You get GARmoe. This was established long ago.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 14 02:32:12 2008 No.820317 >>816736 >Japanophiles It's called "weeaboo". A Japanophile cares about JAPAN-- things like Japanese history and politics, which don't concern this board. A weeaboo cares about animu and fantasizing over Jap girls, which is what this board is about.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 14 02:55:05 2008 No.820408 Wow, this thread is full of fail. Sage, report/hide, and ignore the summer.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 14 03:05:05 2008 No.820459 Bumping a great thread.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 14 03:08:54 2008 No.820472 >>820317 Why I didn't noticed this failure before?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 14 03:08:59 2008 No.820473 >>820317 The original and more correct term is "wapanese". "weaboo" is originally meant to be an insult towards the wapanese.

>>	ZUN !barYV1VtIA Sat Jun 14 03:10:47 2008 No.820478 Moe is a feeling/emotion. Sage for no doubt an awful thread. I don't even need to read through this.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 14 03:11:08 2008 No.820487 >>820473 And then you fags dare to say that we're gonna make it through this summer...

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 14 03:16:18 2008 No.820517 >>820487 Sage, report/hide, and ignore. We have to try.

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