English Explanatory Dictionary

zettai ryouiki

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The area of bare skin above the top of above-the-knee socks but below the hemline of a miniskirt or pair of shorts.

Word forms

zettai ryouiki zettai ryōiki

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 絶(ぜっ)対(たい)領(りょう)域(いき) (zettai ryōiki, literally “absolute territory”). Originally a reference to the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, where 絶(ぜっ)対(たい)恐(きょう)怖(ふ)領(りょう)域(いき) (zettai kyōfu ryōiki, “absolute terror field”) refers to a force field impenetrable by conventional weapons.

Synonyms

absolute territory
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