Short answer
MyFans profiles are written in Japanese, and machine translation often mangles the short labels that matter most: what a plan includes, whether a deal applies, what style a creator works in. This glossary covers the words you’ll see most, with romanization and a plain meaning.
Plans and buying
These words appear on plan cards, buttons and checkout screens. The definitions come from MyFans’ own help articles, listed in the sources below.
| Japanese | Romanization | Plain meaning | Where you see it |
|---|---|---|---|
| プラン | puran | A monthly subscription to the posts a creator links to it. One creator can run several. | Plan list on a profile |
| 加入 / 加入する | kanyū / kanyū suru | Joining a plan / the “join” button. Payment is taken when you join and at each renewal. | Plan cards, checkout |
| 加入中のプラン | kanyū-chū no puran | Your active plans, where you check renewal dates and cancel. | Account → 購入・保存 → ライブラリ |
| 月額 | getsugaku | Monthly price. | Plan cards |
| 単品 / 単品販売 | tanpin / tanpin hanbai | A single post sold on its own, outside a plan. A post can be on a plan and sold singly at the same time. | Posts, purchase history |
| 見放題 / 見放題ch | mihōdai / mihōdai channel | “All you can watch”. The 見放題ch is MyFans’ own channel subscription covering posts creators have added to it. | Bottom menu, Home banner |
| バックナンバー | bakku nanbā | Back numbers: posts whose publication deadline (公開期限) has passed. Viewable through a back-number plan, or month by month if the creator sells single months. | Profile tab, plan list |
| 継続特典 | keizoku tokuten | “Continuation bonus”. Older months unlock as you stay subscribed. By default one past month unlocks for every two months you stay, but creators can set their own pace. Past months can also be bought on the plan. | Plan details, before joining |
| 初月 | shogetsu | First month, as in a first-month discount. | Plan cards with a campaign |
| お得 | otoku | A saving or good value. 初月 ¥300 お得 means you save ¥300 in the first month. | Campaign labels, bundles |
| バンドル | bandoru | A bundle: 3, 6 or 12 months of a plan paid upfront at a lower price. | Plan join screen |
| 限定 / DM限定販売 | gentei / DM gentei hanbai | Limited or exclusive. A DM-only sale is a paid item a creator sends you by message; only recipients can buy it. | Messages, post titles |
| ガチャ | gacha | A paid draw that gives you one random post from a set the creator chose. | Top of some profiles |
| チップ / スーパーコメント | chippu / sūpā komento | A tip / a paid, highlighted comment on a post. | Posts, profiles |
| 無料 / FREE | muryō | Free. A FREE label on a blog post means you can read the whole thing at no cost. | Plans, blog posts |
| 解約 | kaiyaku | Cancelling a plan. A monthly plan’s posts close as soon as you cancel. | Active plans |
For the button names in menus and settings, see our MyFans in English guide. For how tiers, back numbers and bundles fit together, see plans explained.
Status and settings words
| Japanese | Romanization | Plain meaning | Where you see it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 決済失敗中 | kessai shippai-chū | Payment failing: a card renewal didn’t go through and the plan’s posts are locked until you pay again. | Active plans |
| 公開期限 | kōkai kigen | Publication deadline set by the creator. After it, a post moves to back numbers. | Posts |
| 購入済み | kōnyū-zumi | Already purchased. | Library, posts |
| 指向 | shikō | Your content preference: 一般アダルト (adult, for people who like women), ゲイ・BL (for people who like men) or 全年齢 (all ages). 全年齢 hides adult posts, including ones you’ve bought. | Gender icon at the top right of Home |
| ジャンル / タグ | janru / tagu | Genre / tag. Each post has one to three genres, which MyFans reviews, and up to 20 tags. | Search, rankings, posts |
| ランキング | rankingu | Rankings of creators and posts, overall and by genre. | Bottom menu |
Style and genre words
These words describe a creator’s style or the theme of their posts. They’re not MyFans features, so the meanings below are our own neutral, non-explicit definitions. We leave explicit terms out of this glossary.
| Japanese | Romanization | Plain meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 素人 | shirōto | Amateur: an independent person rather than a professional model or studio production. |
| ギャル | gyaru | A Japanese fashion subculture known for bleached hair, bold make-up and an outgoing attitude. |
| 黒ギャル / 白ギャル | kuro gyaru / shiro gyaru | Gyaru styles with a tanned look / a fair look. |
| 人妻 | hitozuma | Literally “married woman”. Used as a genre label for a mature, grown-up persona. |
| OL | ōeru | “Office lady”: a woman in an office job. Often an alternative-account persona. |
| コスプレ | kosupure | Cosplay: dressing as anime, game or other characters. |
| グラビア | gurabia | Gravure: Japan’s swimsuit and photo-model genre. |
| 主観 | shukan | POV, or first-person view: filmed from the camera holder’s point of view. |
| カップル | kappuru | A couple who post together. |
| メンエス | men-esu | Short for “men’s esthetic”, a Japanese style of relaxation massage, used as a setting or theme. |
| 顔出し / 顔出しNG | kaodashi / kaodashi enujī | Face shown / face not shown. It tells you whether the creator shows their face. |
| 裏垢 | uraaka | A “back account”: a separate account kept apart from someone’s main social media. |
| 自撮り | jidori | Self-shot: photos or video the creator takes of themselves. |
A tip for searching: MyFans treats hiragana, katakana and kanji as different words. MyFans’ own example is that 裏垢 won’t match a search for うらあか or ウラアカ. Copy the exact form shown on a profile. You can combine up to three genre or tag conditions in one search. Our guide to finding Japanese creators explains search and rankings step by step, or browse creators we’ve already written up in English.
Creators to start with
Quick answers
What does 加入 mean on MyFans?
Joining (subscribing to) a plan. 加入する is the join button, and 加入中のプラン is your list of active plans.
What is the difference between 単品 and プラン?
A プラン is a monthly subscription to a set of posts. 単品 is a single post bought on its own. Some posts are available both ways.
What does 継続特典 mean?
A continuation bonus: older months of posts unlock as you stay subscribed. You can also buy past months on the plan while you’re subscribed, but they close if you cancel.
What does 顔出しNG mean?
The creator doesn’t show their face.
Keep reading:
- How monthly plans work (MyFans help) (Japanese) · (English)
- Selling one post on a plan and as a single item (MyFans help) (Japanese) · (English)
- All-you-can-watch channel for users (MyFans help) (Japanese)
- About back-number plans (MyFans help) (Japanese) · (English)
- Single-month back-number sales, for users (MyFans help) (Japanese)
- Viewing posts past their publication deadline (MyFans help) (Japanese) · (English)
- Viewing range of plans with continuation bonuses (MyFans help) (Japanese) · (English)
- Buying a plan with a campaign (first-month) discount (MyFans help) (Japanese) · (English)
- Plan bundles, for users (MyFans help) (Japanese) · (English)
- DM-only sales for users (MyFans help) (Japanese)
- Gacha feature for users (MyFans help) (Japanese)
- How to send super comments (MyFans help) (Japanese) · (English)
- Reading and buying blogs, for users (MyFans help) (Japanese)
- How to cancel an active plan (MyFans help) (Japanese) · (English)
- What to do when a plan renewal payment fails (MyFans help) (Japanese)
- About the orientation (指向) setting (MyFans help) (Japanese) · (English)
- What are genres and tags? (MyFans help) (Japanese) · (English)
- About the search function (MyFans help) (Japanese)