ganguro
/ˈɡɑːnɡuɹəʊ/noun
ganguro is a noun meaning “A Japanese girl fashion trend involving dyeing the hair and tanning the skin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled G-A-N-G-U-R-O, and it appears about once in every 55 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does ganguro mean?
noun
- 1
A Japanese girl fashion trend involving dyeing the hair and tanning the skin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce ganguro?
- /ˈɡɑːnɡuɹəʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ganguro?
Ganguro appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Ganguro in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Japanese fashion trend involving dyed hair and tanned skin:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Ganguro |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does ganguro come from?
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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).