noun
modern girl; flapper
1920s slang for a fashionable, Westernized young woman in Japan, similar to the English 'flapper'.
大正時代、モダンガールは新しい女性像として注目された。
In the Taisho era, the modern girl attracted attention as a new image of womanhood.
Variant with interpunct; less common in modern usage.
The male counterpart, referring to a fashionable young man of the same era.
Loanword from English 'modern girl', popularized in 1920s Japan.