English
isekai
Isekai comes from Japanese 異世界 ‘another world’, and goes back to 世界.
- Japanesemodern世界sekai‘world’
- Japanese, derivedmodern異世界isekai‘another world’literally ‘different world’
- Englishearliest quotation 2017isekai
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Japanesemodern世界sekai‘world’
- Japanese, derivedmodern異世界isekai‘another world’literally ‘different world’
- Englishearliest quotation 2017isekai
Earliest quotation: 2017, Ryo Shirakome, DxS: “It's not every day that an isekai author gets…”
The story
Borrowed from Japanese 異世界 (isekai, literally “different world”).
Every English word from Japanese 世界
Today it means
noun A genre of Japanese fiction involving everyday people transported to alternative fantasy or virtual worlds.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 世界 / isekai