ギャル

Japanese
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. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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