インスタ映え

Japanese

Kanji in this term
映
は > ば
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology

From インスタ (Insuta, “Instagram”) +‎ 映え (hae, “photogenic”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 映(は)える (haeru)). The hae changes to bae as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ĩɰ̃sɨᵝta̠ba̠e̞]

Noun

インスタ映(ば)え • (Insutabae) 

  1. (neologism) an image or scene suitable for Instagram, an Instagrammable picture
    インスタ映(ば)えのコツ
    Insutabae no kotsu
    tips for Instagram

Adjective

インスタ映(ば)え • (Insutabae) -na (adnominal インスタ映(ば)えな (Insutabae na), adverbial インスタ映(ば)えに (Insutabae ni))

  1. (neologism) Instagrammable, Instaworthy
    インスタ映(ば)えなカフェ
    Insutabae na kafe
    an Instagrammable café

Inflection

Verb

インスタ映(ば)えする • (Insutabae suru) suru (stem インスタ映(ば)えし (Insutabae shi), past インスタ映(ば)えした (Insutabae shita))

  1. (neologism) to be photogenic, to look good on Instagram
    インスタ映(ば)えする食(た)べ物(もの)
    Insutabae suru tabemono
    food that is perfect for Instagram

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

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