ギャル

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Japanese

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ギャル (gyaru): two gyaru in Tokyo.

Etymology

Borrowed from American English gal.[1][2][3][4][5] 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.[1] 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.

Pronunciation

Noun

ギャル (gyaru

  1. a girl or young woman
  2. gyaru
  3. (dated) bodycon

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: gyaru

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN