Meaning of kogal | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A subculture of conspicuous consumption among young women in urban Japan, typified by dyed hair, artificial suntan, platform boots, miniskirts, and expensive accessories.
   uncountable
2. A member of this subculture.
   countable

Examples

“If not exactly respectable, kogal culture is not condemned anything like as harshly as manifestations of pedophilia would be elsewhere […]”

“Kogal tackiness was egalitarian, and contrasted with the cute and conservative styles […]”

“Because of the links drawn between kogals and enjo kosai ("compensated dating"), in which women and girls are paid for dates and sometimes sex […]”

“Runa is a gyaru (gal), particularly a kogal and one of the popular girls in school.”

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