@Satsuma on the internet oftentimes people perform cuteness by adopting a kawaii aesthetic, or a manner of being inspired by kawaii aesthetic, and if you search for such things as “cute girls” oftentimes what you find is a particular sort of cuteness exhibited in e.g. anime and manga

and i just think the english word is more expansive than that. it is not just
☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆
but also like, when someone snorts when they laugh and it’s super gross and endearing. i don’t think this is necessary controversial but i do think that these other forms of cuteness have much smaller visibility in online spaces, to the extent that “cute X” and “specific conception of cuteness popular in japanese media aesthetic X” become almost synonyms, which makes a reminder of them perhaps necessary for risk of losing some of the broadly-encompassing nature of the word