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モダンガール (modangaaru) Japanese meaning: modern girl | Kotomora

モダンガール

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Meanings

1

modern girl; flapper

1920s slang for a fashionable, Westernized young woman in Japan, similar to the English 'flapper'.

大たい正しょう時じ代だい、モダンガールは新あたらしい女じょ

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In the Taisho era, the modern girl attracted attention as a new image of womanhood.

Related words

モダンボーイ
The male counterpart, referring to a fashionable young man of the same era.

Built from

モダン+ガール

Written forms

モダン・ガール
- モダンガール
  Variant with interpunct; less common in modern usage.
- モダン・ガール

Etymology

Loanword from English 'modern girl', popularized in 1920s Japan.