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minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-29 months agoIsekai means different world and is specific a subgenre of fantasy. For literal fantasy, it’s just ファンタジー or fantoji, lol.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-29 months agoIn English it’s not popular enough to differentiate Other examples of words without direct translations https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/untranslatable-01
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 months agoAh, I see what you mean. I misinterpreted the intent of your original comment - I’m a wee hungover lol.
Isekai means different world and is specific a subgenre of fantasy. For literal fantasy, it’s just ファンタジー or fantoji, lol.
In English it’s not popular enough to differentiate
Other examples of words without direct translations
https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/untranslatable-01
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Ah, I see what you mean. I misinterpreted the intent of your original comment - I’m a wee hungover lol.