<entry id="2187438" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2408640</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>緩キャラ</keb>
<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ゆるキャラ</reb>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ユルキャラ</reb>
<re_nokanji/>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<xref type="see" seq="1923480">キャラ・1</xref>
<xref type="see" seq="1214410">緩い・1</xref>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<gloss>costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.)</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2008-09-23 00:00:00" stat="A">
<upd_detl>Entry created</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2014-10-27 08:30:51" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_detl>I wonder if the best translation of ゆる in this case might 
be "soothing". "slow" would be better than "weak"</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>http://www.academia.edu/5080507/paper_in_progress_Yuru_kyar
a_mascot_characters_humanity_and_the_uncanny_instability_of
_borders_in_the_construction_of_Japanese_identities_and_aes
thetics
"wobbly"</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -11 +11 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;(weak) mascot character (e.g. devised for PR purposes by local government, government departments, etc.)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2014-10-27 22:33:00" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I don't think the ゆる as such needs to be translated.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2016-07-27 05:39:07" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>johan</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Johan Råde</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Should we skip the second xref, or change it to 緩い[5]?</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>daijs has the kanji form
緩キャラ	42
ゆるキャラ	56206</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -3,0 +4,3 @@
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;緩キャラ&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
@@ -9 +12 @@
-&lt;xref type="see" seq="1041920"&gt;キャラクター&lt;/xref&gt;
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="1923480"&gt;キャラ・1&lt;/xref&gt;
@@ -10,0 +14 @@
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2016-07-27 06:13:03" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>ユルキャラ	1501</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -8,0 +9,4 @@
+&lt;/r_ele&gt;
+&lt;r_ele&gt;
+&lt;reb&gt;ユルキャラ&lt;/reb&gt;
+&lt;re_nokanji/&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-05-22 05:19:04" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>jp wiki doesn't even mention the kanji form

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
    42	  0.1%	緩キャラ
56,206	 97.3%	ゆるキャラ
 1,501	  2.6%	ユルキャラ</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -5,0 +6 @@
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;rK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2022-05-22 06:36:53" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>