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Wednesday word: 壁ドン (kabe-don)

壁ドン (Kabe-don)

noun:  Kabe-don is a romantic situation popularized by shojo manga (Japanese comics aimed at teenaged girls) in which one person pins another person against the wall in a show of sexual dominance. "Kabe" means "wall" and "don" is the onomatopoeia for the thud sound of hitting a wall.



I first heard of the term in this video clip of all places!
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[identity profile] prettygoodword.livejournal.com 2015-12-03 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I've always understood it as meaning something closer to what the first picture shows, with hand on the wall next to the person of interest, rather than physically pinning them. Huh.

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[identity profile] trellia-chan.livejournal.com 2015-12-03 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
You can still sorta pin someone with one arm right? I was reading that one or two arms (and sometimes a leg??) fit the bill. :-) .
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