desu
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A small Japanese word put at the end of a sentence to sound polite or cute
- noun
- /dɛsu/
- Slang
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desu
- The voice actress used a sweet tone, adding desu to her lines to make the character seem more endearing.
Examples
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In the adorable anime series, the character often ends her sentences with desu to sound more polite.
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Desu isn't funny.
Blog text (5) -
Fans of the show noted that the use of desu by the character made her even more charming.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Desu comes from Japanese and is the polite 'to be' verb, like the English 'is'. Fans of anime sometimes add desu to the end of sentences to sound cute or extra polite, so you can remember it as a little 'is' tag that softens what someone says.