dojikko
English
Etymology
From Japanese ドジっ娘 (dojikko), from ドジ (doji, “clumsy”) + 娘 (ko, “girl”).
Noun
dojikko (plural dojikko)
- (Japanese media) A female fictional character who is extremely clumsy, especially in a charming or cute way.
- 2014, Kaiya Kokoro, Starting Out: Complete Anime Lifestyle Guide, SunCloud Design (2014), unnumbered page:
- The difference is, while the klutz's mishaps are interpreted as funny, the dojikko's mishaps are interpreted as cute.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:dojikko.
Further reading
Japanese
Romanization
dojikko