isekai.
A genre of Japanese fiction involving everyday people transported to alternative fantasy or virtual worlds.
Meaning & usage
A genre of Japanese fiction involving everyday people transported to alternative fantasy or virtual worlds.
A genre of Japanese fiction in which the protagonist is reincarnated.
Any piece of media in the above genres.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 異世界 (isekai, literally “different world”).
To transport (someone) into an alternative world, often by killing them.
To murder (someone), to kill (someone).
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 異世界 (isekai, literally “different world”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.