アイドル

Japanese

Etymology 1

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アイドル

Borrowed from English idol.^[1]^[2]^[3] Attested in the late 1880s, in the novel Ukigumo, as a poetic alternative to 本尊 (“object of worship”)^[3], but popularized with its current meaning after the 1964 Japanese release of the French film Cherchez l'idole (Find the Idol).^[4]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) アイドル [áꜜìdòrù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [a̠ido̞ɾɯ̟]

Noun

アイドル • (aidoru)

idol (Asian popular performer)
- 2023 April 12, YOASOBI (lyrics and music), “アイドル [Idol]”, in アイドル [Idol]:
  
  誰(だれ)もが目(め)を奪(うば)われていく　君(きみ)は完(かん)璧(べき)で究(きゅう)極(きょく)のアイドル
  dare mo ga me o ubawareteiku kimi wa kanbeki de kyūkyoku no aidoru
  That emotion melts all hearts, all eyes on you; cause you are perfect, the most ultimate idol
popular person
Synonym: 人気者 (ninkimono)

クラスのアイドル
kurasu no aidoru
popular person in class

Descendants

→ Chinese: 愛抖露 / 爱抖露 (àidǒulù)
→ Chinese: 愛豆 / 爱豆 (àidòu)
→ English: aidoru, idoru

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English idle.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) アイドル [àídórú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [a̠ido̞ɾɯ̟]

Noun

アイドル • (aidoru)

(in compounds) idle
アイドル時(じ)間(かん)
aidoru jikan
(computing) idle time

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 “アイドル”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 “アイドル”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Kobayashi, Nobuhiko 小林信彦 (1987) 時代観察者の冒険１９７７ー１９８７全エッセイ/新潮社/小林信彦 [The Adventures of an Observer of the Times 1977-1987] (in Japanese)

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-2] 2.0 ^2.1 “アイドル”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[KDJ2-3] 3.0 ^3.1 “アイドル”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[Kobayashi-4] Kobayashi, Nobuhiko 小林信彦 (1987) 時代観察者の冒険１９７７ー１９８７全エッセイ/新潮社/小林信彦 [The Adventures of an Observer of the Times 1977-1987] (in Japanese)

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アイドル

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Descendants

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

References

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