Japanese fever

English

Noun

Japanese fever (uncountable)

1. Enthusiasm or attraction for Japanese things or Japanese people, often sexually to Japanese women by White American people.

   Coordinate term: yellow fever

   • 2022, Xiaofei Tu, Wendy Xie, Japanese Idols Go to China (page 35)

     […] new products and ideas from Japan were eye-opening and resulted in a Japanese fever in the entire country.

See also

• hāfu