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ガールフレンド (gaarufurendo) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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He introduced his girlfriend to his family.
I'm going to see a movie with my girlfriend this weekend.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 にガールフレンドができる for someone to get a girlfriend
It seems my younger brother got a girlfriend.
ガールフレンドと 付つ き 合あ う to date one's girlfriend
He has been dating his girlfriend for three years.
ガールフレンドと 別わか れる to break up with one's girlfriend
He broke up with his girlfriend last month.
〈 人ひと 〉 をガールフレンドに 紹しょう 介かい する to introduce someone to one's girlfriend
He introduced his parents to his girlfriend.
Related words 彼女 is the far more common, native word for a romantic girlfriend (and also just means “she”), while ガールフレンド is a katakana loanword that sounds slightly more formal or Western.
女友達 clearly means a female friend with no romantic implication, whereas ガールフレンド in modern usage usually implies a romantic girlfriend.
Written forms ガールフレンド Usage 100%
Standard katakana spelling and the prioritized form.
ガール ・ フレンド
Attested spelling with a middle dot separating the two parts; less compact than ガールフレンド.
Etymology Written in katakana as a foreign-style term. No language of origin is specified, so the exact borrowing history is not stated here.
