The word 'anime' (アニメ) is a Japanese shortening of the English word 'animation', a gairaigo, or foreign loanword.
The word 'anime' (アニメ) is a Japanese shortening of the English word 'animation', a gairaigo, or foreign loanword.


Aishang Ta De Liyou
Based on the webtoon The Girl Downstairs (manhwa) · via Wikidata
The Girl Downstairs
When Won-Jun moves into a new apartment for his first day in college, he was not expecting an ex celebrity, Du-Na, to be living downstairs, hiding from her past life. Won-Jun finds Du-Na strange and avoids her at first, but soon finds himself in her room without realizing what he is getting himself into. (Source: WEBTOON, edited)
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