Is it offensive to say waifu?
The term is the literal reading of the Japanese ワイフ which is itself a transliteration of English "wife". This word became popular in Japan in the 1980s as a replacement for the native word 家内 (kanai) which literally means "inside the house" and was becoming offensive to feminist-minded Japanese women.
The term is the literal reading of the Japanese ワイフ which is itself a transliteration of English "wife". This word became popular in Japan in the 1980s as a replacement for the native word 家内 (kanai) which literally means "inside the house" and was becoming offensive to feminist-minded Japanese women.