List of Japanese Latin alphabetic abbreviations

A

• ADV – adventure game
• AV – adult video
• AV – audio-visual
• AVG – adventure game

  B

• BGM – background music
• BL - Boys Love
• BS – Broadcast Satellite

  C

• CM – commercial message
• CS - Communication Satellite
• CV – character voice

  D

• DT –
• DV - Domestic Violence

  E

• ED – ending
• EV - elevator

  G

• GW - Golden Week

  H

• H – hentai, alternately written as ecchi; the meanings of these two terms have diverged.
• HP – home page

  I

• IC card — contactless smart card

  J

• JC –
• JH – Japan Highway Public Corporation
• JK –
• JK –
• JR – Japan Railway
• JS –
• JSDF – Japan Self-Defense Forces

  K

• KY – ; refers to someone who is unable to read a social situation.
• KSK – ; an increasingly popular way to propose among young people.

  L

• LDK - ; home type where the kitchen is merged to the living room
• LDP – the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan

  M

• M – masochism
• MC – Master of ceremonies
• MV – music video

  N

• N'EX – Narita Express
• NG – no good
• NHK –
• NJS – — Japanese Keirin Association

  O

• OA - office automation, opening act
• OB - old boy
• OG - old girl
• OL – office lady
• OP – opening
• OSV – original sound version
• OVA – original video animation

  P

• PS – police station
• PV – promotional video

  R

• RPG – role-playing game

  S

• S – sadism
• SD – super déformé
• SDF – Japan Self-Defense Forces
• SNS - Social networking service, social website
• SS - service station
• STG – shooting game

  T

• TQB –
• TPO - Time, Place, Occasion

  U

• UMA – unidentified mysterious animal ; coined in connection with unidentified flying object

  V

• VG – video game
• VTR – video tele-replay

  W

• w - laugh out loud