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今い
いまいイマい (nokanji)
1. [adj-i] [sl,obs]
▶ current
▶ hip
▶ trendy
▶ fashionable
▶ stylish
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1924310 ナウい 1. modern; trendy; hip; in; up-to-date

Conjugations


History:
2. A 2017-08-27 05:19:13  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Sure.
  Diff:
@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<misc>&obs;</misc>
1. A* 2017-08-26 20:13:12  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
http://zokugo-dict.com/02i/imai.htm
jwiki: "「ナウい」の流行が過熱し、すでに新鮮な言葉ではなくなっていた頃、nowを日本語に訳した「イマい」(今い)という言葉も現れたが、こちらはナウいと比べて定着せず「登場、即座に死語」というこれまた極めて珍しい状態なった"
  Comments:
Completely obsolete slang. Is it appropriate to use [obs] here?

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