グラビアアイドル
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Japanese
Alternative forms
- グラドル (guradoru)
Etymology
Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from gravure + idol,[1] equivalent to グラビア (gurabia) + アイドル (aidoru).
Noun
グラビアアイドル • (gurabia aidoru)
- A pin-up girl, a (generally young) woman featured in sexy or alluring photographs or other images. Often pictured in a bikini or similarly revealing costume, but not nude.
References
- ^ “グラビアアイドル”, in デジタル大辞泉 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months