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.


A collection of short stories by Kimura Minori.
1. Nokiko (乃己子)
2. Okaasan ga Inai (おかあさんがいない)
3. Ai-chan wo Sagashite (愛ちゃんを捜して)
4. Shinta Oboegaki (心太覚え書き)
5. Uchi no Neko wa Sekai Ichi (うちの猫は世界一)
6. Neko nan desu kedo (猫なんですけど)
7. Neko no Ki (猫の木)
8. Nora Neko Shunjuu (ノラ猫春秋)
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