absolute territory

it's basically the space of skin between a girl's miniskirt and higher-than-the-knee thighs.
coming from the japanese phrase, "絶対領域" (zettai ryoiki), it was first a slang coined up by otakus.
now it's used in japan pretty commonly by the public.

it's also a way to tease guys, since they normally like that more that full nudity.

a good example of where this term is used is in the anime, ナナマル サンバツ (nana maru sau batsu), meaning "fastest finger first," by character mari fukami (深見 真理).

*testing shiki on random quiz terms*
mari : "then.. how about questions like this..? here/"
shiki : "uee?~"
mari : "Q: the are of exposed skin between the hem of a miniskirt and the tops of knee-high socks is known by what name?"
shiki : t-there's a name for that?
mari : "as i suspected, you like books, but you're not an otaku."
shiki : "wh-what's the answer?"
mari : "abso.. lute.... terr.. ito.. ry."

*and starts to explain how it's connected to moe culture.*
*shiki start's entering absolute territory into his dictionary device*
mari : "you won't find it."

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