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Kawaii vs Chibi - What's the difference?

kawaii | chibi |

As an adjective kawaii

is cute, especially in the context of Japanese culture.

As a noun chibi is

a child-like character with exaggerated features, particularly in anime.

kawaii

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Cute, (especially in the context of Japanese culture).
  • chibi

    English

    (wikipedia chibi)

    Noun

  • (countable, anime, manga) A child-like character with exaggerated features, particularly in anime.
  • (uncountable, anime, manga) A style of cartooning in which the characters are drawn to be very small and cute.