JRPG

前缀

‘Japanese’

词干

‘role-playing game’

From J- (“Japanese”) +‎ RPG (“role-playing game”), first attested in a post by the user Isao Takeda on Usenet in 1992 (see quote).

1(Internet slang, video games) Initialism of Japanese role-playing game, a traditional genre of role-playing video game derived from design traditions originating in Japan; generally understood as involving a pre-determined story and player characters, a party of multiple controllable characters, and an emphasis on narrative and storytelling.