Describes a young man who is stylish, spirited, and gallant, often with a slightly old-fashioned or Edo-period flavor. Commonly used in the phrase いなせな若者.
He appeared at the festival in a dashing kimono.
That actor was popular as a dashing young leading man in his youth.
Usually written in kana; the kanji form 鯔背 is rare and mainly of historical interest.
Ateji spelling; rarely used in modern writing.
Usually associated with 鯔背, literally “mullet back,” the name of an Edo-period hairstyle resembling the back of a young mullet and favored by fashionable young fishmongers. The word consequently developed the sense “dashing; stylish.”