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' is a word of Japanese origin which is short for ; a perverse sexual desire. The original meaning of Hentai in Japanese Language is a transformation or a metamorphosis. A meaning of the perversion or the paraphilia was derived from there. Both meanings can be distinguished in the context easily. In Japanese, the term describes any type of perverse or bizarre sexual desire or act; it does not represent a genre of work. Internationally, hentai is a catch-all term to describe a genre of anime and manga pornography. English adopts and uses hentai as a genre of pornography by the commercial sale and marketing of explicit works under this label. The word's narrow Japanese-language usage and broad international usage are often incompatible. ''Weather Report Girl'' is considered yuri hentai in English usage for its depiction of lesbian sex, but in Japan it is just yuri. The definition clash also appears with the Japanese definition of yuri as any lesbian relationship, as opposed to its sexually explicit definition in English usage. == Term == ' is a kanji compound of 変 (''hen''; "change", "weird", or "strange") and 態 (''tai''; "appearance" or "condition"). It also means "perversion" or "abnormality", especially when used as an adjective. It is the shortened form of the phrase which means "sexual perversion". The character ''hen'' is catch-all for queerness as a peculiarity—it does not carry an explicit sexual reference.〔 While the term has expanded in use to cover a range of publications including homosexual publications,〔 it remains primarily a heterosexual term, as terms indicating homosexuality entered Japan as foreign words.〔〔 Japanese pornographic works are often simply tagged as , meaning "prohibited to those not yet 18 years old", and .〔 Less official terms also in use include , , and the English acronym AV (for "adult video"). Usage of the term hentai does not define a genre in Japan. Hentai is defined differently in English. The ''Oxford Dictionary Online'' defines hentai as "a subgenre of the Japanese genres of manga and anime, characterized by overtly sexualized characters and sexually explicit images and plots." The origin of the word in English is unknown, but AnimeNation's John Oppliger points to the early 1990s, when a ''Dirty Pair'' erotic ''doujinshi'' (self-published work) titled ''H-Bomb'' was released, and when many websites sold access to images culled from Japanese erotic visual novels and games. The earliest English use of the term traces back to the rec.arts.anime boards; with a 1990 post concerning Happosai of ''Ranma ½'' and the first discussion of the meaning in 1991.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Some little questions )〕 A 1995 Glossary on the rec.arts.anime boards contained reference to the Japanese usage and the evolving definition of hentai as "pervert" or "perverted sex". ''The Anime Movie Guide'', published in 1997, defines as the initial sound of hentai (i.e., the name of the letter ''H'', as pronounced in Japanese); it included that ecchi was "milder than hentai". A year later it was defined as a genre in ''Good Vibrations Guide to Sex''. At the beginning of 2000, "hentai" was listed as the 41st most popular search term of the internet, while "anime" ranked 99th. The attribution has been applied retroactively to works such as ''Urotsukidōji'', ''La Blue Girl'', and ''Cool Devices''. ''Urotsukidōji'' had previously been described with terms such as "Japornimation", and "erotic grotesque", prior to being identified as hentai.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Urotsukidoji I: Legend of the Overfiend (1989) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hentai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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