History Of Kawaii - 0 views
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This pop-culture term is often times shown with big-eyed mascots, but the term is also used to describe mundane things such as a car, plane, or even a doughnut in Japan.
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this word didn’t always have such a sweet definition; in fact, it was typically used to look down upon someone.
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It was a term that was used to describe people who were thought to be beneath the other in stature.
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in the mid-80’s when girls would be called kawaii instead of pretty or beautiful.
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Rune Naito, who helped to popularize the word kawaii through his drawings that embellish the “cute” features of his subjects.