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Teenage kids in Japan seem to be using this word a lot these days and it
doesn't really have any real meaning? (in the sense that they are using it)

**まんじ！**

I've seen different kinds on twitter etc where it is written in the kanji
form;

うわ、めっちゃウケるｗ卍

こいつやばいな卍

卍スタバなう卍

etc.

It seems to me like it is just a thing you say after something both bad and
good, and also that something can BE まんじ; i.e you see a hot girl > she is まんじ,
you see a nice car > まんじ

I know that the Kanji 卍 is what marks shrines on Japanese maps, and that it
comes from a symbol meaning sun(?). But the slang phrase has another meaning.

Thoughts or comments? What is the origin?

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It takes me back a few years when the phrase パリピー (パリピーポー [party people]) came
to be the coolest thing to say ever. At first people used it when actually
referring to party people (like going to the club etc) but then it lost its
meaning and now people can say パリピー to basically everything good or bad.
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Japanese slang － まんじ、マンジ、卍
My Japanese is getting a bit rusty, but [this Japanese
site](http://mokotopi.com/manzi-zyosikose) seems to say it has 3 main uses:

>   1. The act of posing for a picture, and the sound you make during the pose
>   2. A term for referring to yancha
>   3. Something you say when you're excited about something
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[This explanation](http://bijoh.com/2016-ryukougo-meaning/) about popular
expressions of 2016 says: 「まんじ、卍」＝”まじ調子にのっている、友達同士の絆のマーク、意味をもたないケースも有”, which
corresponds to (a) "being at the top of your game/being on a roll", (b) a
symbol of the bonds between friends, or (c) no particular meaning.

That last one probably matches No. 3 from Brent Ackerman, but the differences
in the other meanings listed suggest that the meaning is still fluctuating.

I didn't see any mention of it, but I wonder if the recent popularity of the
word is related to the release of the movie adaptation of the 無限の住人 (Blade of
the Immortal) manga, since, if memory serve, Manji is the name of (and symbol
adopted by?) the badass main character in that story.
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As far as the user on the Internet goes, it's a substitute for マジ。i.e. "for
real". If you replace 卍 with "for realz!!" and if it makes sense, that's what
it means.

Sometimes it's a decoration for emphasis.

卍スタバなう卍

could be as easily

＊スタバなう＊
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