ganguro

English
A couple of young women sporting the ganguro look.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese slang ガングロ (ganguro), from 顔 (gan, “face”) 黒 (kuro, “black”), in reference to the style of makeup intended to imitate a dark tan.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːnɡuɹəʊ/

Noun

ganguro (uncountable)

  1. A Japanese girl fashion trend involving dyeing the hair and tanning the skin.

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Translations

References
  1. “がんぐろ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

Japanese

Romanization

ganguro

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ガングロ
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