Tsundere

Quick meaning: Tsundere is a noun meaning Showing qualities typical of a tsundere.

Meaning

Showing qualities typical of a tsundere.

More Meanings

1. (chiefly Japanese fiction) A fictional character who fits the archetype of being cold or even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warm and caring side.

Example Sentences

Ah, the cactus. / Truly the most tsundere of plants.

I usually draw very peaceful, happy manga, so it has been a real challenge for me to illustrate the vice president's death glare and Ri-chan's subtle tsundere attitude.

Even Kaname's rude and overbearing tsundere personality is explained by her having gone to school in the United States where she was socialized to just bluntly say what she thought.

Despite his apparent power, the boy behaves with uncharacteristic meekness toward the formidable tsundere Misato Tachibana, whose grotesquely distorted romantic feelings for Koujirou almost invariably result in her shooting him all over the school with heavy weaponry (which seems to spring out of nowhere).

Word Forms

• tsunderes

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include kuudere, tomgirl, utsuge, seme, deredere, dojikko.

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