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PabloRiv

Remember when messages with "PV", "Obi", "H!P", "Otaku" etc. had you wondering Huh?

what the heck was going on?

We have started a glossary for our website. So if you would like to submit an entry (with or without a definition), have a correction or comment, please post them here. Lets make this the "go to" site for the terms, slang, and abbreviations we use to talk about our favortite music.

ScentOfAWoman · **Posted**: Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:02 am **Post subject**:

Popera - A way to describe a genre of music that is mixed with the sounds of pop and opera in one. Popular artists such as SG Wannabe and SeeYa are said to fit this genre.

esm · **Posted**: Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:53 pm **Post subject**:

We should separate J-Pop and K-Pop, or make a note to distinguish their terms from one another.

Some contribution:

Seiyuu - Voice actor/actress. This term is also used by many non-Japanese fans of animes, games, etc rather their native term. Many seiyuu have careers in singing as well. Popular seiyuu includes Megumi Hayashibara and Maaya Sakamoto.

Gravure - An idol that usually does bikini shoots. Not the same as an AV idol (See AV).

AV - AV stands for "adult video", or pornography.

U-15 - "Under 15"; refers to idols under the age of 15.

Best/"Best of" Album - A compilation album of an artist's work, usually previously released singles or popular tracks.

Engrish - The term is said to be coined by Engrish.com. It basically means butchered/corrupted English found in non-English-speaking places around the world, including J-Pop lyrics. It either makes no grammatical sense or simply makes no sense at all. Random (or somewhat random) English is considered cool in Japan, even though fluency is not too common (which, of course, gives us Engrish).

Dorama - The term is derived from the English word "drama". It refers to Asian drama series or soap operas.

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If someone can write up a good definition for "Idol", that'd be great.

Other words I couldn't define (but might be able to, with some research)

Oricon
c/w
b-side

http://wiki.theppn.org/Category:Dictionary

PabloRiv · **Posted**: Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:45 pm **Post subject**:

Thanks ScentOfAWoman & esm, I posted those. I will work on formating the page so it look better.

Keep the suggestions and entries comeing!

josebiwasabi · **Posted**: Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:59 am **Post subject**:

Oricon: Japanese company that tracks sales numbers for J-Pop releases. (or something to that extent)

ok, korean stuff

gasoo: singer
baewoo: actor (movies)
talent: actor (tv dramas)
uhljjang: someone who gains widespread popularity for their looks by posting up pictures of themselves on the internet.
momjjang: same as above, except due to their physique.
cyworld: korean equivalent to the american myspace. many korean stars maintain one.
balloons: groups geared toward teenage audiences designate themselves with an official color. during concerts and performances, you'll see a sea of orange during shinhwa performances, and lots of red during DBSK performances, etc.
antifans: people dedicated towards the hatred of a celebrity. often will commit acts of violence, with varying degrees of severity. the most notorious one in recent times DBSK's Yunho's antifan, who put superglue in a drink and gave it to him.
netizen: citizen of the internet. aka, internet users.

i'm sure i'll think of more later...

PabloRiv · **Posted**: Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:08 am **Post subject**:

is gasoo only a female singer? does it mean pop singer or any singer, or???

josebiwasabi · **Posted**: Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:01 am **Post subject**:

any type of singer

Stay My Gold · **Posted**: Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:52 pm **Post subject**:

B-Side: The term itself was more popular when records where more commonly used and it was literally flipped with different content that could be played on each side. When compact disks gained more popularity, the terms became less meaningful, however they are still used to describe a coupling track to a single. There are many different types of songs that could be included onto a single as a B-Side such as songs that are unsuitable for the album, a more 'radio friendly' version of the song, a different version of the A-Side (a remix, acoustic, live, a cappella, different language, etc.), a song that was completed after the album's release, a song that was considered not good enough to be on the album, a song that's style was unsuitable for the album or, a song from the same album that the record label decided not to release by itself.

I tried my best with that one, using prior knowledge and this wiki article. Hope it's okay. He He

PabloRiv · **Posted**: Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:11 pm **Post subject**:

Thanks Stay My Gold, I added your submission. And thanks josebiwasabi, I will add your entries soon.

kirby987 · **Posted**: Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:56 pm **Post subject**:

A-Side = the 1st/main song on a single.

I CONTRIBUTED!!! w00t!

i love you pablo

PabloRiv · **Posted**: Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:03 pm **Post subject**:

wow, you are the best kirby

PabloRiv · **Posted**: Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:48 am **Post subject**:

and BTW, what is "flets" Huh?

esm · **Posted**: Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:37 pm **Post subject**:

Seems to be an internet provider in Japan.

As for Hello!Project-related, http://wiki.theppn.org/Hello!_Project_on_FLET'S (I never knew what they were, but I've heard of it)

Stay My Gold · **Posted**: Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:57 am **Post subject**:

I thought this was pretty important too so here it is:

EP- "EP" stands for "Extended Play", and is usually called so because they contain too much content to be defined as singles, and not enough content to be considered a full length album. An alternate term for EP is mini-album.

Not too sure about the last part. If anybody can validate if the last part is true or not, then that'd be great. Big Smile

cool kid · **Posted**: Fri Sep 07, 2007 6:03 am **Post subject**:

YAKUZA

The word yakuza means 8-9-3. Ya means 8, ku 9, za 3. it comes from Japans counterpart to Black Jack, Oicho-kabu. The generally difference between the both card games are that in Oicho-kabu the cards' objective is to be 19 instead of 21. As you see, the sum of 8, 9 and 3, is 20, which is without any worth in Oicho-kabu. It's from there the name, yakuza, comes from, they are without worth for society. This doesn't mean that they have no use in society, it means that the members are people who somehow do not fit into society - society's misfits.

Clan-yakuza
Clan-yakuza belongs to a clan. The clan can be compared with the Sicilian mafia's "family". The clans are structured as a common family in traditional Japan. The clan have a hierarchy structure. The clan's head chief is called oyabun, that means father. Beneath him he have his children (wakashu) and brothers (kyodai). These are not his real children and brothers aand lack designations on which rank and position they have within the clan. All the members in the clan obeys oyabun and in return he protect them against all dangers. Oyabun is almighty within the clan and his word is the law. All obeys him without hesitation also if it means danger to his own life.

Beneath him, the oyabun has an adviser who is called saiko-komon. The saiko-komon has a staff of advocates, accountants, secretaries and advisers. Saiko-mono holds with his own gangs.
The children's (wakashu), boss is called waka-gashira. He is number two in the clan after the oyabun, not in rank but in authority. He act as an middleman to see that the oyabun's orders t are being accomplished. The children can also be leader over their own gang and the children in the gangs can be a boss over one in his turn and so on. In that way the clan becomes a ramification with several sub-families.

The oyabun "brothers", kyodai, boss is called shatei-gashira. Shatei-gashira is of higher rank than waka-gashira but haven´t got more authority. "The brothers" have its own "children" or "younger brothers"(shatei). Shatei have their own gangs, etc.

Everyone obeys his gang leader, but it's always the oyabun's word that counts.