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Tsundere:
The progression of a character personality from mean and hostile to eventually displaying their warm and loving side.

Yandere:
a Japanese term for a person who is initially very loving and gentle to someone before their devotion becomes destructive in nature, often through violence. The term is derived from the words yanderu (病んでる?) meaning a mental or emotional illness, and deredere (でれでれ?) meaning to show affection. Yandere characters are mentally unstable, and sometimes are incredibly deranged and are not mentally sane, often using extreme violence as an outlet for their emotions.

Kundere:
A character type, mostly of a female character, who is normally cold and unassuming but later reveals a softer and kinder side.

Lolicon:
A genre of manga and anime wherein childlike female characters are depicted in an erotic manner. In Japan it is also a slang term for "*****".

Shotacon:
A genre of manga and anime wherein childlike male characters are depicted in an erotic manner.

Hikkikomori:
A hikikomori is someone who secludes themselves within their home, sometimes refusing to leave their home at all in an effort to isolate themselves from society.

Ganguro:
Literally "black face". A fashion trend among Japanese girls. The look consists of bleached hair, a deep tan, both black and white eyeliners, false eyelashes, platform shoes, and brightly colored outfits.

Futanari:
Characters that appear to be women (face, breasts, hips, narrow waist), but have both female and male genitalia.

Fushoji:
A female yaoi fan. Literally, "Rotten Woman".

Dojikko:
A clumsy, but cute girl.

Dandere:
When a character who is usually antisocial, that eventually changes to display their sweet and loving side.

Bakunyu:
Literally,"Exploding Breasts," is a genre of pornographic media focusing on the depiction of women with large breasts.

Ahoge:
A single strand of hair that sticks out of a character's head. It literally means "stupid hair" and indicates that the character is usually stupid in some way. However, there are exceptions to this, so it is not a rule. It differs from antenna hair, in which there are two or more locks of hair sticking up as opposed to one.