マイルドヤンキー

noun

mild yankee; semi-delinquent suburbanite

Colloquial wasei-eigo term for a young person who stays in their non-metropolitan hometown after graduation, often drives a car, and may have a slightly rough or delinquent style, but is not a full-fledged yankee. Contrasts with urban youth who move to big cities and commute by train.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from mild Yankee

See also: ヤンキー

• 彼かれは地じ元もとに残のこって車くるまを乗のり回まわす、いわゆるマイルドヤンキーだ。

  He's what you'd call a mild yankee — he stayed in his hometown and drives around in his car.

• マイルドヤンキーは都と会かいに出でた若わか者ものとは違ちがうライフスタイルを持もっている。

  Mild yankees have a different lifestyle from young people who moved to the city.