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Japanese
Etymology
English chill out + い.
Adjective
チルい • (chirui) -i (adverbial チルく (chiruku))
- (slang) relaxed, chilled out
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- 「チルい」曲というように形容詞として使うこともあります。チルい曲以外にも「チルい時間」という表現も良く見られますね。忙しい現代人だからこそ、ゆったりとした時間への関心が強いのかもしれません。
- “Chirui” kyoku to iu yō ni keiyōshi toshite tsukau koto mo arimasu. Chirui kyoku igai ni mo “chirui jikan” to iu hyōgen mo yoku miraremasu ne. Isogashī gendaijin dakara koso, yuttari to shita jikan e no kanshin ga tsuyoi no kamoshiremasen.
- Sometimes it is also used as an adjective, as in a “chirui” song. In addition to chill songs, the expression “chill time” is also common. Perhaps because modern people are so busy, there is a strong interest in relaxation time.
2021 December 10, Henshūbu , “Chirui kyoku to sen ”, in Uta Ten, archived from the original on 2023-02-20:
- 友達や恋人と音楽を聴いていて「この曲チルいね」と言われたけど、いまいちピンとこなかったという経験がある人は多いのではないでしょうか。
- Tomodachi ya koibito to ongaku o kīte-ite “kono kyoku chirui ne” to iwareta kedo, imaichi pin to konakatta to iu keiken ga aru hito wa ōi no de wa nai deshō ka.
- Many people have probably had the experience of listening to music with a friend or partner who says, “This song is so chill,” but it just doesn’t strike you that way.
”, in Yomiuri Shimbun, page 22:
- 国語辞典を手がける三省堂の「今年の新語2021」で、大賞となったのが「チルい」だ。今後辞書に載ってもおかしくない新語を選ぶ。「リラックスした様子だ」「落ち着いて気分がよい」という意味の若者語。50代には初めて聞く言葉だった。英語の「チルアウト」から来ているという。
- Kokugo jiten o tegakeru Sanseidō no “Kotoshi no Shingo nisennijūichi” de, taishō to natta no ga “chirui” da. Kongo jisho ni notte mo okashikunai shingo o erabu. “Rirakkusu shita yōsu da” “ochi tsuite kibun ga yoi” to iu imi no wakamono go. Gojū-dai ni wa hajimete kiku kotoba datta. Eigo no “chiru auto” kara kiteiru to iu.
- Japanese language dictionary publisher Sanseido gave the big prize for “2021 New Word of the Year” to chirui. They select novel words that could appear in dictionaries in the future. The word is youth slang meaning “a relaxed state of affairs” or “feeling pleasantly calm”. To a man in his fifties, it was a new word. It is said to come from English “chill out”.
2022 May 10, “SNS aete ‘moranai watashi’ ”, in Yomiuri Shimbun, page 19:
- 天野さんは「投稿者も見る側もリア充アピールに疲れてきた。特に若い世代は外出や交流が制限される中、『エモい』(心に響く)、『チルい』(心身がリラックスした状態)ことを大切にしている」と分析する。
- Amano-san wa “tōkōsha mo miru gawa mo riajū apīru ni tsukarete-kita. Toku ni wakai sedai wa gaishutsu ya kōryū ga seigen sareru naka, “emoi” (kokoro ni hibiku), “chirui” (shinshin ga rirakkusu shita jōtai) koto o taisetsu ni shite-iru” to bunseki suru.
- Mr Amano explains, “Both posters and readers are tired of the ‘no filter’ appeals. Particularly for the younger generations who have been unable to go out and interact with others, ‘emoi’ (emotional connection) and ‘chirui’ (being relaxed in mind and body) are now valued.”
2023 January 11, K.I.Black, “Nopperabow - Facing the Mirror”, in Nico Nico (video), archived from the original on 2023-01-11, description:
- Nopperabowはおやすみすると昨日言ったばかりなのに何故かさらに一曲作ってしまったので折角だからアップします。いい感じにチルいのが出来ました。
- NOpperabow wa oyasumi suru to kinō itta bakari na no ni naze ka sarani ikkyoku tsukutte shimatta no de sekkaku dakara appu shimasu. Ii kanji ni chirui no ga dekimashita.
- I just said yesterday that I’m gonna cool it with Nopperabow but somehow I went and made one more track so I’m uploading it. It came out feeling good and chill.
Inflection
Stem forms
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Imperfective (未然形)
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チルかろ
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chirukaro
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Continuative (連用形)
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チルく
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chiruku
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Terminal (終止形)
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チルい
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chirui
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Attributive (連体形)
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チルい
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chirui
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Hypothetical (仮定形)
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チルけれ
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chirukere
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Imperative (命令形)
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チルかれ
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chirukare
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Key constructions
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Informal negative
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チルくない
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chiruku nai
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Informal past
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チルかった
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chirukatta
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Informal negative past
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チルくなかった
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chiruku nakatta
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Formal
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チルいです
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chirui desu
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Formal negative
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チルくないです
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chiruku nai desu
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Formal past
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チルかったです
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chirukatta desu
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Formal negative past
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チルくなかったです
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chiruku nakatta desu
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Conjunctive
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チルくて
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chirukute
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Conditional
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チルければ
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chirukereba
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Provisional
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チルかったら
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chirukattara
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Volitional
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チルかろう
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chirukarō
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Adverbial
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チルく
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chiruku
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Degree
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チルさ
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chirusa
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References
- ^ “Laid-Back Loanword “Chirui” Chosen as One of Japan’s Words of 2021”, in This Year in Japanese, Nippon.com, December 10 2021