ロリータ

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Meanings

Lolita fashion

A Japanese street fashion inspired by Victorian and Rococo clothing, characterized by frills, lace, and a doll-like silhouette. Often used in compounds like ロリータファッション.

See also: ロリータファッション

彼かの女じょは週しゅう末まつになるとロリータの服ふくを着きて出でかける。
On weekends she goes out wearing Lolita clothes.
原はら宿じゅくでロリータの専せん門もん店てんを見みつけた。
I found a Lolita specialty shop in Harajuku.

noun

young girl; childlike young woman

Refers to a girl or young woman with a youthful, innocent, or doll-like appearance. Can carry a slightly literary or subcultural tone due to the Nabokov reference.

そのモデルはロリータのような雰ふん囲い気きを持もっている。
That model has a Lolita-like aura.
彼かれはロリータ趣しゅ味みがあると噂うわさされている。
He is rumored to have a Lolita complex.

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Usage patterns

ロリータ服ふくを着きるto wear Lolita-fashion clothing
彼かの女じょは週しゅう末まつになるとロリータ服ふくを着きて原はら宿じゅくに出でかける。
On weekends, she wears Lolita-fashion clothing and heads out to Harajuku.
〈人ひと〉はロリータっぽいsomeone looks doll-like/childlike (Lolita-esque)
彼かの女じょは小こ柄がらでロリータっぽい雰ふん囲い気きがある。
She's petite and has a childlike, doll-like air about her.

Related words

ロリータファッション sense 1
ロリータファッション is the full term for the fashion style, while ロリータ alone is the common abbreviation used in casual speech.

Don't confuse with

ロリコン sense 2
ロリータ refers to the fashion style or a doll-like young girl, while ロリコン (short for 'Lolita complex') refers to an attraction to young girls and carries a very different, often negative connotation.

Word family

ロリータファッション
Lolita fashion
ロリータコンプレックス
lolicon; sexual attraction to prepubescent girls; male pedophile; male pedophilia

Etymology

From the English 'Lolita', ultimately from the title character of Vladimir Nabokov's novel. In Japanese, the fashion sense developed independently and is not directly tied to the novel's themes.