モダンボーイ

Japanese

Alternative forms

• モボ (mobo)

Etymology

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from modern +‎ boy

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) モダンボ​ーイ [mòdáń bóꜜòì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞dã̠m bo̞ːi]

Noun

モダンボーイ • (modan bōi) 

1. (obsolete, slang) a "modern boy"; a young man dressed in exotic Western fashions

See also

• モダンガール (modan gāru)