DLsite Genre Glossary: Japanese Doujin Tags in English (Checked Nov 10, 2026)

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A word from the Researcher. DLsite's genre tags are the real search engine of the store, and the English labels are mostly faithful — until they are not. Netorare and Netori differ by one letter and point in opposite directions. This page is the lab's working dictionary: every pair below was read off DLsite's own genre labels, the English from the English listing and the Japanese from the Japanese listing of the same works and genre lists. If a term could not be confirmed that way, it is not on this page.

How to use it: the left column is the label you will see (and can filter by) on the English storefront. The middle column is the Japanese original — useful because circles, reviews and the Japanese side of the store still use it. The right column is the lab's one-line reading of what the tag actually promises. All pairs checked on November 10, 2026.

01 Premise and story: the tags that decide the plot

DLsite English label	Japanese	What it signals
Cuckoldry (Netorare)	寝取られ	Your partner is taken. The betrayed side of the story — the shelf is in Translated NTR Manga.
Cuckoldry (Netori)	寝取り	You do the taking. Same triangle, opposite chair.
Trance / Suggestion	トランス/暗示	Hypnosis by suggestion — the official English name for the 催眠 shelf, in Translated Hypnosis Manga.
Mind Control	精神支配	Direct control rather than suggestion; often filed beside Trance / Suggestion.
Altered Sense of Normal	常識改変	"Common sense" itself is rewritten, so the abnormal reads as everyday.
Corrupted Morals	悪堕ち	A good character's fall, told as the point of the work.
Pure Love	純愛	Straightforward romance, no betrayal mechanics.
Lovey Dovey / Sweet Love	ラブラブ/あまあま	Established couples being sweet; the soft end of every shelf.
Pregnancy / Impregnation	妊娠/孕ませ	Pregnancy as a theme, before or on the page.
Yandere	ヤンデレ	Devotion past the safe line — the shelf is in Yandere & Menhera ASMR.
Sleep Sex	すやすやえっち	She is asleep; the Japanese name is literally "sleeping soundly" plus the act.

02 People: who she is

DLsite English label	Japanese	What it signals
Married Woman	人妻	A wife — the shelf is in Translated Married Woman Manga.
Stepmother	義母	A stepmother, not a blood relation.
Mother	母親	A mother as a character role.
Oneesan / Older Girl / Older Sister	お姉さん	The older-sister figure, related or not — shelves in Onee-san Manga and Onee-san ASMR.
Gal	ギャル	The tanned, bleached, fashion-first gyaru — the shelf is in Translated Gyaru Manga.
Office Lady	OL	A working woman in office dress; the store keeps the Japanese abbreviation.
Maid	メイド	A maid, uniform and service included.
Sister / Nun	シスター	A nun — "sister" in the religious sense, not a sibling.
Kimono / Japanese Clothes	着物/和服	Traditional dress as a feature, not a backdrop.
Succubus / Incubus	サキュバス/淫魔	The dream demons — the shelf is in Succubus & Femdom Manga.
Nonhuman / Monster Girl	人外娘/モンスター娘	Monster girls of every species — the shelf is in Monster Girl Manga.
Elf / Fairy	エルフ/妖精	Pointed ears and long lives.
Femdom	女性優位	Women in charge, by the store's own wording: "female superiority" in Japanese.
Futanari / Hermaphrodite	フタナリ	Both sets of equipment — the shelf is in Translated Futanari Manga.

03 Audio: the ASMR vocabulary

DLsite English label	Japanese	What it signals
ASMR	ASMR	The same word on both sides of the store.
Binaural	バイノーラル/ダミヘ	Recorded on a dummy head (ダミヘ) for headphones — the hardware shelf is in KU100 ASMR.
Ear Cleaning	耳かき	The ear-pick ritual: taps, scratches, and close care.
Ear Licking	耳舐め	Exactly what it says — the shelf is in Ear-Licking ASMR.
Whispering	ささやき	Voices kept at whisper distance.
Healing	癒し	Soothing and low-intensity; the wind-down tag.

04 Acts and visuals: the explicit shorthand

DLsite English label	Japanese	What it signals
Internal Cumshot	中出し	Finishing inside; one of the most-filtered tags on the store.
Big Breasts	巨乳/爆乳	Large and very large, in one tag.
Dirty Talk	淫語	The words are the point — common on voice works.
Touch / Feel	おさわり	Hands-on interaction; on games, usually a touch mechanic.
Massage	マッサージ	Treatment settings, professional or otherwise.
Squirting / Gushing	潮吹き	Female ejaculation, named for the tide in Japanese.
Dot / Pixel	ドット	Pixel art, on games and animation alike.
3D Works	3D作品	Rendered in 3D rather than drawn.

05 The glossary at work: three listings, read with the table

NTR Legend: ¥1,430

The rare listing that files both directions at once: its genre row carries Cuckoldry (Netorare) and Cuckoldry (Netori) together, beside Dot / Pixel and Corrupted Morals. Read with the table, the whole game is in its tags — a pixel-art story of a married woman next door, told from the taker's side as much as the taken's. It first appeared on the lab's simulation shelf.

Format: Simulation Music (DLsite work type: SLN). File format: Application. English listed in Supported languages. Price checked Nov 10, 2026: ¥1,430 (no sale at the time of checking).

Common Sense Alteration Simulator ~become lovers with your desired woman using a special app~: ¥2,475 (25% OFF; list ¥3,300)

Two glossary entries in a single genre row: Trance / Suggestion and Altered Sense of Normal, which is the game's whole mechanic — an app that rewrites what counts as normal. The table is how you know the title's "common sense alteration" is a system, not a metaphor.

Format: Simulation Voice Music (DLsite work type: SLN). File format: Application. English listed in Supported languages. Price checked Nov 10, 2026: ¥2,475 (25% OFF; list price ¥3,300).

[ENG Sub] Ear-Violations Parlor 3! ~Two Extra-Naughty Ear-Licking Pros Offering the Ultimate Deep Ear-Licking~: ¥825 (50% OFF; list ¥1,650)

The audio table in one listing: Ear Licking and Whispering lead the genre row, with Kimono / Japanese Clothes for the setting. If you can read this row, you can read the entire ASMR shelf — which is the point of the page you are on.

Format: Voice / ASMR. File format: WAV / MP3. Listed as [ENG Sub]. Price checked Nov 10, 2026: ¥825 (50% OFF; list price ¥1,650).

* Prices and sale states on this page were confirmed on November 10, 2026. Prices change and sales end; the product page is always the final word. Genre labels are DLsite's own; a label's presence on a listing was confirmed on that listing's product page.

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