Related words 流行 is a native word for fashion or vogue in general, while トレンディー is a katakana adjective describing something as currently trendy, often in a marketing or lifestyle context.
おしゃれ emphasizes good taste or stylishness in dress, while トレンディー emphasizes matching the latest trend regardless of personal taste.
ファッショナブル and トレンディー are both katakana loanwords for stylish, but ファッショナブル focuses on fashionableness in dress while トレンディー focuses on being currently trendy in any field.
トレンディー is a more neutral loanword for 'trendy', while ナウ carries a nostalgic, retro-slang flavor from the 1980s–90s.
Written forms トレンディー Usage 42%
Katakana spelling with a long vowel mark; this is the prioritized form.
トレンディ Usage 58%
Shorter katakana spelling without the final long vowel mark; also attested and understandable.
Etymology Written in katakana as a foreign-style word; no supply language-of-origin information is specified, so the exact derivation is left unspecified.
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