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I just looked it up and you're technically right; that's apparently the official dictionary term, but I've never heard anyone actually say that. Everyone calls

by aikinai 12y ago

I just looked it up and you're technically right; that's apparently the official dictionary term, but I've never heard anyone actually say that. Everyone calls them "soshoku danshi."

jayfuerstenberg 12y ago
Well the kanji uses "kei" too.
- aikinai 12y ago
  A Google fight (excluding Chinese) turns up 549,000 results for 草食系男子 and 571,000 for 草食男子. Much closer than I expected, but the 'kei' is definitely not required.
  - adsofhoads 12y ago
    I think they meant that http://thelongandshort.org/issues/season-three/images/DeskHerbivorous.jpg http://thelongandshort.org/issues/season-three/images/DeskHe... has the 系 but then the translation the article gives below it is missing the "kei".
    - aikinai 12y ago
      Oh, I see! Yeah, that's true.