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


Looking back on the distant past, there we were—the “Yes Girls” who could do nothing but say, “Sure!” Those were the days when our homeroom teacher saddled us with the task of helping Jeon Ji-Heon, the troublemaker in our class, get into college.
“Maybe that was the most glorious time of my life.”
(Source: Naver, translated)
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