キャラ

See also: きゃら

Japanese

Etymology

Clipping of キャラクター (kyarakutā, character; personality)

Pronunciation

Noun

キャラ • (kyara

  1. character, a fictitious person or creature
  2. personality, especially one that is expressed towards others, as opposed to internal one
    [] する()(なか)さんキャラじゃない
    [] o suru no wa Tanaka-san no kyara ja nai
    doing [] is unlike Tanaka (is not Tanaka's personality; is out of character for Tanaka)

Derived terms

  • キャラが() (kyara ga tatsu, have a distinct personality)
  • キャラ()() (kyara-gobi, distinctive sentence ending of a fictional character)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN