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shadow realm

noun

Etymology

The first sense is from Shadow Realm, an invented place by 4Kids Entertainment for their English dub of the Japanese anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (2000–2004) as an ostensible place of suffering where people could be sent as a euphemism for death. It does not exist in the original Japanese anime. Apparently based on Japanese 闇(やみ)の世界(せかい) (Yami no Sekai, “World of Darkness”), an actual location in the series which is also called the Shadow Realm in the English dub.

  1. derived from dub
  2. derived from anime

Definitions

  1. Oblivion

    Oblivion; death.

  2. Knocked out, rendered unconscious.

    • UFC welterweight star Jorge Masvidal knows a thing or two about sending his opponents to the shadow realm, and he explained what happens when they go there.

  3. Alternative letter-case form of Shadow Realm (“a place that is inhabited by darkness,…

    Alternative letter-case form of Shadow Realm (“a place that is inhabited by darkness, evilness or malevolent entities and creatures, sometimes based around, or said to be, shadows or personifications thereof”).

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Alternative letter-case form of shadow realm (“oblivion

      Alternative letter-case form of shadow realm (“oblivion; death; knocked out”).

    2. A place, often another world, universe or supernatural plane, that is inhabited by…

      A place, often another world, universe or supernatural plane, that is inhabited by darkness, evilness, or malevolent entities and creatures, sometimes based around, or said to be, shadows, or personifications thereof.

      • If when doing this quest something should happen and you should leave the Shadow Realm prematurely, speak to Salanar and he helps you return.
      • For these woods are like no others. Hidden deep within them is a gateway to the Shadow Realm – a dark and chaotic world where all the mischief-making creatures like goblins, boggles and trolls live.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for shadow realm. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA