"ギャル" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɡʲa̠ɾɯ̟] Forms: gyaru [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from American English gal. Compare the English pronunciation spelling gyal. Doublet of ガール (gāru). First cited to a text from 1931, although rarely used until the late Shōwa period. Popularised during the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s, originally to refer to ボディコン (bodikon, “body conscious”), an earlier style trend and the predecessor of today’s gyaru. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ja|en-US|gal}} Borrowed from American English gal, {{doublet|ja|ガール|tr1=gāru}} Doublet of ガール (gāru), {{ja-r|ボディコン||body conscious}} ボディコン (bodikon, “body conscious”) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ギャル • (gyaru)
  1. a girl or young woman
    Sense id: en-ギャル-ja-noun-8a6HdYl- Categories (other): Female people Disambiguation of Female people: 100 0 0
  2. gyaru
    Sense id: en-ギャル-ja-noun-uSEkRXXz
  3. (dated) bodycon Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-ギャル-ja-noun-4WaSog~Y Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 93 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 18 21 61 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 3 95 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 5 6 89 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 6 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 3 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: コギャル (kogyaru) (english: kogal) Derived forms (ギャルゲーム (gyarugēmu)): ギャルゲー (gyarugē) Related terms: ガール (gāru) (english: girl)
Disambiguation of 'ギャルゲーム (gyarugēmu)': 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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      "english": "kogal",
      "roman": "kogyaru",
      "word": "コギャル"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from American English gal. Compare the English pronunciation spelling gyal. Doublet of ガール (gāru).\nFirst cited to a text from 1931, although rarely used until the late Shōwa period.\nPopularised during the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s, originally to refer to ボディコン (bodikon, “body conscious”), an earlier style trend and the predecessor of today’s gyaru.",
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        ]
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        "(dated) bodycon"
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      "other": "ギャル"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ɡʲa̠ɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
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    "Daijisen",
    "Gyaru",
    "Kōjien",
    "Shinmura Izuru",
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    "ja:松村明"
  ],
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    "Japanese nouns",
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    "Japanese terms derived from American English",
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    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    }
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      "roman": "gāru",
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        "a girl or young woman"
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          "girl",
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        ]
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        "gyaru"
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    }
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    "Gyaru",
    "Kōjien",
    "Shinmura Izuru",
    "ja:ギャル",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "ギャル"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ギャル meaning in Japanese (2.4kB)

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