ganguro

English

A couple of young women sporting the ganguro look.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese slang ガングロ (ganguro), from 顔 (gan, “face”) 黒 (kuro, “black”), in reference to the style of makeup intended to imitate a dark tan.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːnɡuɹəʊ/

Noun

ganguro (uncountable)

A Japanese girl fashion trend involving dyeing the hair and tanning the skin.

Hypernyms

gyaru

Translations

Japanese fashion trend involving dyed hair and tanned skin

German: Ganguro n
Japanese: ガングロ (ganguro), 顔黒 (がんぐろ, ganguro)
Korean: 간구로 (gan'guro)
Russian: га́нгуро n (gánguro)

References

“がんぐろ”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

Japanese

Romanization

ganguro

Rōmaji transcription of ガングロ

[DDJS-1] “がんぐろ”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months