noun
yamanba; manba
Refers to a young woman following a late 1990s–early 2000s Japanese street fashion trend characterized by extremely dark artificial tan, bright or white makeup around the eyes and lips, and often bleached or vividly dyed hair. Related to the ganguro style but more extreme. Colloquial term.
渋谷でヤマンバスタイルの女の子をよく見かけた。
I often saw girls in the yamanba style in Shibuya.
ヤマンバメイクは白いアイシャドウ
Yamanba makeup is characterized by white eyeshadow and dark lipstick.