oshi

See also: oshi', -oshi', and ōshi

English

oshi (plural oshi or oshis)

(VTuber fandom slang) A person’s favorite VTuber, idol, or character, especially one they actively support and promote.
- 2022 April 19, /u/Daniel101773, Who’s your Oshi & why?‎^[1]:
  For me, my Oshi is Watame. I find her content very relaxing and calming, it helps bring me a smile whenever I see that wonderful sheep doing anything and it’s sometimes exactly what I need after a stressful day at work. I really admire all the hard work she puts into her music as well as how inclusive she always attempts to be as far as reaching out to overseas fans with everything. Everything about her just makes me feel happy and I really value everything she does here at HoloLive.
- 2025 April 5, Satoshi Sugiyama, “Can Japan's take on fandom help drive spending?”, in The Japan Times‎^[2], Tokyo, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 April 2025:
  Among the most popular oshi are "VTubers," or entertainers who represent themselves as an avatar online and livestream concerts and interact with fans.

oshi m

inflection of osh:
1. definite nominative singular
2. indefinite dative/ablative singular

oshi (inalienable)

son
(unmarked possessive form) his son, her son, its son, their son, of the son, of a son
hattak oshi ― the man's son

The less common synonym isso is used for the first and second person possessive forms.


possessive (class II agreement)	singular	paucal	plural
first-person ("my, our")	sasso	pisso	hapisso
second-person ("thy, your")	chisso	hachisso
third-person ("his, her, its, their")	oshi

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