じらい

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of じらい – see the following entries.
爾来
from that time on, ever since, since then, after that
Alternative spelling
而来
地雷
land mine
(informal) something that can trigger or enrage someone; taboo
(slang, sensitive) "land mine", used in metaphor for a person (especially a girl) who turns out to be troublesome and unstable as a romantic relationship progresses; and also associated with a fashion of black cutesy clothing with pink highlights often treated as an antithesis to 量産型.
(This term, じらい (jirai), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)