ハイカラ

Japanese

pron
Definitions
  • (dated) trendy and Western
  • (dated) fashionable, stylish
  • (dated) modern, new
  • (dated) Westernized
  • of a style characteristic of the Western influence in the Meiji and Taishō periods

Etymology

Borrowed from English high.

Origin

English

high

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