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Abbreviations are common in Japanese; these include many Latin alphabet letter combinations, generally pronounced asinitialisms. Some of these combinations are common in English, but others are unique to Japan or of Japanese origin, and form a kind ofwasei eigo (Japanese-coined English).

This is a list of Latin alphabet letter combinations used inJapan.

• ADV –adventure game (also abbreviated as AVG)
• AV –adult video
• AV –audio-visual
• AVG –adventure game (also abbreviated as ADV)

• BGM –background music
• BL –boys' love
• BS – Broadcast Satellite (Direct-broadcast satellite; also a prefix for BS stations)

• CA – cabin attendant (flight attendant)
• CM – commercial message (television advertisement)
• CS – Communication Satellite
• CV – character voice (voice actor)

• DC –danshi chūgakusei (男子中学生; malemiddle school student)
• DD –danshi daigakusei (男子大学生; malecollege student)
• DE –danshi enji (男子園児; malekindergartener)
• DK –danshi kousei (男子高生; malehigh school student)
• DS –danshi shougakusei (男子小学生; maleelementary school student)
• DT –dōtei (童貞; male virgin)
• DV – Domestic Violence

• ED – ending (an animated sequence which includes theclosing credits, often used regardinganime)

• EV – elevator

• FJK – first JK,fāsuto joshi kōsei (ファースト女子高生; first-year femalehigh school student/female tenth-grade student)

• GL –girls' love
• GP –grand prix
• GW –Golden Week Holiday

• H –hentai, alternately written asecchi; the meanings of these two terms have diverged.
• HP – home page (website)

• IC card —contactless smart card (derives from the initialism IC which is occasionally used for anintegrated circuit in English, although the meaning of the complete term is likely non-obvious for English speakers)
• IR –integrated resort

• JC –joshi chūgakusei (女子中学生; femalemiddle school student)
• JD –joshi daigakusei (女子大学生; femalecollege student)
• JE –joshi enji (女子園児; femalekindergartener)
• JH –Japan Highway Public Corporation
• JK –jōshikiteki ni kangaete (常識的に考えて;Internet slang for "thinking logically")
• JK –joshi kōsei (女子高生; femalehigh school student)
• JR –Japan Railway
• JS –joshi shōgakusei (女子小学生; femaleelementary school student)
• JSDF –Japan Self-Defense Forces (also abbreviated as SDF)

• KY –kūki yomenai (空気読めない; lit. "unable to read the air"); refers to someone who is unable to read a social situation.
• KSK –kekkon shite kudasai (結婚してください; lit. "marry me please"); an increasingly popular way to propose among young people.

• LDK –Living Dining Kitchen; home type where the kitchen is merged to the living room
• LDP – theLiberal Democratic Party of Japan
• LJK – last JK,rasuto joshi kōsei (ラスト女子高生; last-year femalehigh school student/female twelfth-grade student)

• M –masochism (or characterized by or pertaining to it)
• MC –Master of ceremonies
• MJK – middle JK,midoru joshi kōsei (ミドル女子高生; middle-year femalehigh school student/female eleventh-grade student)
• MV –music video

• N'EX –Narita Express
• NG – no good (wasei-eigo term meaning the opposite ofokay)
• NHK –Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (日本放送協会)
• NJS –Nihon Jitensha Shinkōkai (日本自転車振興会) — JapaneseKeirin Association

• OA – office automation (i.e. the computerization of offices), opening act (as in live music performances)
• OB – old boy (male former student (alumnus), club member, teammate, employee, etc.)
• OG – old girl (female former student (alumna), club member, teammate, employee, etc.)
• OL –office lady (a female office worker)
• ONA -original net animation (anime directly released onto the Internet)
• OP – opening (title sequence, often used regardinganime)
• OSV – original sound version (video game soundtrack)
• OVA –original video animation (also abbreviated as OAV)

• PS – police station
• PV – promotional video (usually refers specifically tomusic videos)

• RPG –role-playing game (usually refers torole-playing video games)

• S –sadism (or characterized by or pertaining to it)
• SD – super déformé (super deformed)
• SDF –Japan Self-Defense Forces (also abbreviated as JSDF)
• SJK – second JK,sekando joshi kōsei (セカンド女子高生; second-year femalehigh school student/female eleventh-grade student)
• SNS –Social networking service, social website
• SS –service station
• STG – shooting game (shoot 'em up video game)

• TQB –tei kyū bi (定休日; regularholiday or fixed day off)
• TPO – Time, Place, Occasion

• UMA – unidentified mysterious animal (cryptid); coined in connection withunidentified flying object

• VG –video game
• VTR – video tele-replay (the display of pre-recorded footage)

• W – double (from the letter's namedouble-u)
• w –warau (笑う;Internet slang for "laugh out loud" (is usually stringed, e.g. "wwww"))

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