Essays about: "kogal"

Found 1 essay containing the word kogal.

  1. 1. Girls changing the language : a comparison between the Meiji schoolgirls and the present day kogals

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Elin Nilsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Japanese; slang; Meiji schoolgirl; jogakusei; teyo dawa; gyaru; kogal; kogyaru; japanska; Japan; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : When girls in Japan acquired the right to higher education in the wake of the Meiji reformation in the 19th century, these girls began to talk in a way that was considered vulgar by the public. It was called teyo dawa kotoba (teyo dawa speech) – and over time it became what we call female speech today. READ MORE