gyaru
/ˈɡjɑːɹuː/noun
gyaru is a noun meaning “A Japanese subculture and fashion style popular in the 1990s, typically involving ostentatious clothing, tanning, and heavy makeup” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled G-Y-A-R-U, and it appears about once in every 22 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of gyaru is gyarus.
What does gyaru mean?
noun
- 1
A Japanese subculture and fashion style popular in the 1990s, typically involving ostentatious clothing, tanning, and heavy makeup.
- 2
A girl or woman of this subculture.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce gyaru?
- /ˈɡjɑːɹuː/
- /ˈɡjæɹuː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of gyaru
- gyarus plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is gyaru?
Gyaru appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 141,699th 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).
Where does gyaru come from?
From Japanese ギャル (gyaru), from English gal, from English girl.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).