# slice of life

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A work in a genre (of theater, cinema, literature, manga, etc.) that presents day-to-day happenings with no clear central plot and takes place in a world that mirrors our own.
2. An ordinary social occurrence or sequence of events.

## Etymology
Calque of French tranche de vie.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/slice-of-life