benshi -- live narrators who accompanied silent films
butai -- a miniature stage
chibi -- little or super deformed characters for comedic effect
denki kamishibai -- "electric paper theater," i.e., television
genbaku no ko -- children of the bomb
gesaku -- playful stories
hentai -- sexually perverted subject matter
kamishibai -- street theater using painted illustrations
kyokan -- a group spirit formed by listening to kamishibai
maido -- French maid outfits
pika-don -- the atomic bomb
rori-kon -- Lolita-style
tanuki -- badger spirit
tokko -- thought police
yaoi -- a popular genre of homoerotic comics
yamato damashii -- the spirit of Japan
waraie -- giggle pix
Selected from the glossary to Manga Kamishibai, The Art of Japanese Paper Theater
by Eric P. Nash
Abrams Comic Arts, 2009
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