Definitions For Waifu

Noun

WAIFU (plural waifu or s) (fandom, internet slang) A fictional female character from non-live-action visual media (typically an anime, manga, or video game) to whom one is romantically attracted and/or whom one considers their significant other. Galen, title=Re: Japanese launch campaign to marry comic book characters, url=http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.manga/msg/0d5b749d84d86919?hl=en-GB&dmode=source, newsgroup=rec.arts.manga, passage=So long as I get to claim my virtual waifu and our 30 virtual children as tax deductions, I don't really care if I can't touch her.}} Dave Watson, title=Re: K-ON! 2nd season announced, url=http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.anime.misc/msg/a12ea36f614eabe8?hl=en-GB&dmode=source, newsgroup=rec.arts.anime.misc, passage=Seriously, it was fun, but here's hoping that they lay off some of the bits that got old real quick, like Mio getting scared easily. I would not like to have someone that timid as "mai waifu" (as if I'd marry a bloody high school girl anyway). Makes me wonder what that says about the otaku who worship her.}}

Synonyms

wife wifey

Hypernyms

soulbond

Coordinate terms

husbando

Related terms

mai, t=my

Translations

Bengali: ওয়াইফু Chinese: : Mandarin: 老婆, tr=lǎopo, 嫁 (jià) Finnish: waifu Japanese: 嫁, tr=よめ, yome Portuguese: waifu, f

Etymology

From {{bor, en, ja, ワイフ, tr=waifu}}, itself from {{der, en, en, wife}}; popularized by {{w, 4chan}}. {{doublet, en, wife}}. Believed to have first appeared in concept in famous anime {{w, Azumanga Daioh}}, though be it the word is attested much older 1860.