ホタル族ぞく

noun

smokers forced to smoke outside; firefly tribe

A colloquial term for people who have to go outside to smoke, often at night, because smoking indoors is prohibited. The name comes from the image of their lit cigarettes glowing in the dark like fireflies.

• 最さい近きん、マンションの外そとでホタル族ぞくを見みかけることが増ふえた。

  Lately, I've been seeing more firefly tribe members outside apartment buildings.

• 彼かれもホタル族ぞくの一人ひとりで、夜よるになるとベランダでタバコを吸すっている。

  He's also one of the firefly tribe, smoking on his balcony at night.