In Japan the fetishistic love for two-dimensional characters is enough of a phenomenon to have earned its own slang word, MOE, homonymous with the Japanese words for "burning" or "budding."

在日本，对于二维美少女的狂热现象如此之盛，这足够为它自己博得一个美称：即“萌”，在日文中和“燃烧”、“萌芽”同义。

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In Japan the fetishistic love for two-dimensional characters is enough of a phenomenon to have earned its own slang word, MOE, homonymous with the Japanese words for "burning" or "budding."

在日本，对于二维美少女的狂热现象如此之盛，这足够为它自己博得一个美称：即“萌”，在日文中和“燃烧”、“萌芽”同义。

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