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セレブ
1. [n] [abbr]
▶ celeb
▶ celebrity
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2103840 セレブリティー 1. celebrity
2. [n]
▶ wealthy person
▶ rich person
▶ socialite
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2847462 セレブ婚【セレブこん】 1. marrying wealth
3. [adj-na]
▶ affluent
▶ wealthy
▶ rich
4. [adj-na]
▶ glamorous
▶ glam
▶ elegant
▶ exclusive



History:
5. A 2020-05-07 21:16:03  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Looks ok.
4. A* 2020-05-07 11:50:57  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I think rich/glamorous should be different 
senses. sense 2 & 3 could possibly be 
merged, though.
  Diff:
@@ -24,0 +25,3 @@
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
@@ -25,0 +29,2 @@
+<gloss>glam</gloss>
+<gloss>elegant</gloss>
3. A 2018-06-14 11:28:11  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
The "wealthy socialite" gloss was added by Adam Rice, a respected JE translator, in 2007. He quoted a passage from the Wiki page (now removed): 現在、日本ではセレブと略され、金持ち、優雅、高級、などの意味合いで誤用されている。 and from the gogen-allguide.com entry: セレブの意味が曖昧なまま広まったため、単にお金持ちになることやブランド品を身につけることも「セレブになる」などと表現されるようになった。 He added: "On Japanese television, "セレブ" seems to be almost exclusively used in the sense of "Wealthy socialite" rather than the original English sense of the word. I have even seen the term used to refer to New York socialites (unfortunately I don't have a reference for that)."
I think it can be covered by a simple addition to the new sense #2.
  Diff:
@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<gloss>socialite</gloss>
2. A* 2018-06-14 06:41:27  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
"《名ノナ》有名人。また、裕福な人。転じて、高級そうなこと。 「―な服」
▷ celebrity から。"
google definition - unsure where it's from originally.
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/セレブリティ#日本語のセ%
E3%83%AC%E3%83%96
"日本のテレビや雑誌メディアはセレブと略し、金持ち、優雅な、高級な、などの意味合いで使用している。"

The absolute majority of times when I hear somebody use the word セレブ they aren't actually referring to celebrities.
  Diff:
@@ -11 +11 @@
-<gloss>wealthy socialite</gloss>
+<gloss>celeb</gloss>
@@ -13,0 +14,13 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>wealthy person</gloss>
+<gloss>rich person</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
+<gloss>affluent</gloss>
+<gloss>wealthy</gloss>
+<gloss>rich</gloss>
+<gloss>glamorous</gloss>
+<gloss>exclusive</gloss>
+</sense>
1. A 2006-04-28 00:00:00 
  Comments:
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