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What does re: mean?
| I thought it was obvious but I got unsure when I saw your question.
I think of "re" as in doing something over again (redo), or going back to something (return). In e-mails you can often see "Re:" in the start of a subject when it's has "reply".
English has a lot of words starting with "re" and the meaning has always something to do with something "repeating" in some way.
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_email_subject_abbreviations#Standard_prefixes
>RE: or "Re:" followed by the subject line of a previous message indicates a reply to that message. This is not an abbreviation but stands for "In re", the Latin for "in the matter of"
this is probably where it comes from but to really delve into the precise meaning of Engrish (or in this case, Ratin) titles is probably futile
| >>227477
What this guy said.
Though in the case of re:zero, I believe they use it as "redo" or "again" which is relevant to the plot of the anime.
| re: means in regards of
| >>227477 Agree with this, just don't I mean, try to guess why it is named "Bleach" or "Fate/Stay Night" most of them are just because "they sounded cool"
| japanese people has no sensitivity whatsoever when it comes to word meaning in english. also this is pretty much an "appropriation" of the email thing.if a native english writer name their work with "re:"(not that i have any example of it), it'd probably mean that their work is a response to another work or communicative piece of art. otoh, the "re:" in re:zero simply mean redo/restart, but I don't think there is any basis for this in literature or linguistics, hence appropriation.
| It's because Ichigo's hair looks bleached. Hence, Bleach
| I always thought re: meant regarding: because in context that's how it's used
| re: in re:Creators is actually well put
| >>235602
Care to elaborate? I'm not sure myself.
As in "recreators"? Or as reply to creators, sine the creations meet their creators?
| >>235865 I would say it's borderline spoiler, since it happens early. But agree I should have been more careful.
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| There seems to be a number of anime/manga with "re:" in the title e.g. re:zero, re:life, re:pokemon, etc. Is it supposed to mean anything? Or do the Japanese just think that attaching re: to a word will make it sound cool?