アイドル

Japanese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English idol.[1][2][3] First attested in the late 1880s.[3]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ア​イドル [áꜜìdòrù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ido̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

アイドル • (aidoru) 

  1. idol (Asian popular performer)
    • 2023 April 12, YOASOBI (lyrics and music), “アイドル [Idol]”, in アイドル [Idol]:
      誰(だれ)もが目(め)を奪(うば)われていく　君(きみ)は完璧(かんべき)で究極(きゅうきょく)のアイドル
      dare mo ga me o ubawareteiku kimi wa kanbeki de kyūkyoku no aidoru
      That emotion melts all hearts, all eyes on you; cause you are perfect, the most ultimate idol
  2. popular person
    Synonym: 人気者 (ninkimono)
    クラスのアイドル
    kurasu no aidoru
    popular person in class
Descendants
  • → Chinese: 愛抖露／爱抖露 (àidǒulù)
  • → Chinese: 愛豆／爱豆 (àidòu)
  • → English: aidoru, idoru
See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English idle.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) アイドル [àídórú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ido̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

アイドル • (aidoru) 

  1. (in compounds) idle
    アイドル時(じ)間(かん)
    aidoru jikan
    (computing) idle time

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. “アイドル”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. “アイドル”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
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