You can trace the word “kawaii” all the way back to the start of the 11th century, when an early form of it, “kawayushi,” which at the time translated more to “having pitiable qualities,” appeared in ...

“If someone describes me as cute, I don’t think it means that they don’t consider me to be a capable adult woman,” Kelly chimed in. But there’s another side to the controversy, and it has nothing to ...