English-Finnish translations for ecchi

Definition of ecchi

• Erotic, lascivious, lewd, naughty, sexy, suggestive
• A genre, especially of anime and manga, featuring playful, tongue-in-cheek usage of sexualized imagery and situations such as double entendre or flirtation, while remaining non-pornographic. Often used to differentiate from hentai which features overt sexual themes
• A situation within a story, especially anime and manga, which ventures into the ecchi genre

Examples

• The manga fan was disturbingly proud of his extensive ecchi collection.
• There was a moment of ecchi for comic relief in the otherwise serious story.

Related words

• zecchino
• orecchiette
• libecchio
• cotecchino
• Secchi depth
• Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green
• Porto Vecchio