The term itself is a japanization of the english word wife, and was first used in an anime. ワイフ waifu and 妻 tsuma are completely different. Waifu is an english loanword that appeared in the japanese lexicon around the early 1980s Dynamics between husband and wife continued to change in ways that made the tradition way of referring to a woman as a wife offensive to young couples. Waifu is a term for a fictional character, usually in anime or related media, that someone has great, and sometimes romantic, affection for. The word waifu (ワイフ) is an engrish term for wife
A waifu in anime refers to a female character that someone has developed a strong emotional attachment to, often idealizing her beyond the confines of the story.
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