お洒落

Japanese

Kanji in this term
洒 落
しゃ
Hyōgaiji
れ
Grade: 3
irregular

Alternative forms

Etymology

御(お) (o-, honorific prefix) + 洒(しゃ)落(れ) (share)

Pronunciation

Adjective

お洒(しゃ)落(れ) or お洒落(シャレ) • (oshare) -na (adnominal お洒(しゃ)落(れ)な (oshare na), adverbial お洒(しゃ)落(れ)に (oshare ni))

  1. stylish, smart, fashionable, smartly dressed
    お洒(しゃ)落(れ)なスーツ
    oshare na sūtsu
    a stylish suit

Inflection

Noun

お洒(しゃ)落(れ) or お洒落(シャレ) • (oshare) 

  1. someone stylish, a person that is smartly dressed
  2. stylishness

Verb

お洒(しゃ)落(れ)する or お洒落(シャレ)する • (oshare suru) suru (stem お洒(しゃ)落(れ)し (oshare shi), past お洒(しゃ)落(れ)した (oshare shita))

  1. be fashionable

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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