JMdictDB - Japanese Dictionary Database

Entries

Search | Advanced Search | New Entry | Submissions | Help
Login for registered editors
Username:
Password:
jmdict 2057760 Active (id: 2276430)

ミーちゃんハーちゃんみいちゃんはあちゃんみーちゃんはーちゃんミーチャンハーチャン [sk]
1. [n] [derog]
▶ faddist
▶ follow-the-crowd type
▶ lowbrow
▶ poser
▶ fanboy
▶ fangirl
Cross references:
  ⇔ see: 1130420 ミーハー 1. faddist; follow-the-crowd type; poser; trend junkie; sheep



History:
7. A 2023-09-05 23:27:00  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Not an expression.
  Diff:
@@ -18 +17,0 @@
-<pos>&exp;</pos>
6. A 2023-09-04 11:54:22  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Getting them in order. みーちゃんはーちゃん may as well be visible.
  Diff:
@@ -3,0 +4,3 @@
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ミーちゃんハーちゃん</reb>
+</r_ele>
@@ -8 +11,5 @@
-<reb>ミーちゃんハーちゃん</reb>
+<reb>みーちゃんはーちゃん</reb>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ミーチャンハーチャン</reb>
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
5. A* 2023-09-04 11:01:58  Carson Groel <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
ミーちゃんハーちゃん	2689  63.4%
みいちゃんはあちゃん	812   19.1%
みーちゃんはーちゃん	542   12.8%
ミーチャンハーチャン	199   4.7%

Sources listing ミーちゃんハーちゃん as an alternate spelling:
https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ミーハー
https://gogen-yurai.jp/miihaa/#:~:text=「みいちゃんはあちゃん」は、昭和初期、,ミーハー族」が生まれた。
https://all-guide.com/ag001131/
  Comments:
Added ミーちゃんハーちゃん with consideration for みーちゃんはーちゃん* and ミーチャンハーチャン** (see bottom of comment)

ミーちゃんハーちゃん actually gets the most hits on ngrams but I put it second because みいちゃんはあちゃん seems to be the definitive origin for this term and consistently the first to show up on online definitions. There is an album titled ミーちゃんハーちゃん from 1982 that may be contributing to the difference. 

*みーちゃんはーちゃん: This one gets a fair number of hits on ngrams compared to みいちゃんはあちゃん but I was unable to find any usage of it online, including even a single site that listed it as an alternative spelling. Therefore I did not add it to the entry.

**ミーチャンハーチャン: Returns almost 1/4th as many results as みいちゃんはあちゃん. I did find examples of this being used to mean faddist/follow-the-crowd type, although it seems to be a largely outdated spelling. Below are two examples of it being used:
https://yab.yomiuri.co.jp/adv/wol/campus/trendeye_0903.html
https://uchikoyoga.hatenablog.com/entry/20200314/1584173378

The judgement of an editor is better than my own so I added ミーちゃんハーちゃん as I felt confident about it and included the other two spellings in the references with explanation.
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>ミーちゃんハーちゃん</reb>
4. A 2018-02-23 04:55:38  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2018-02-22 20:28:38  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij
derog: daijr 趣味・教養の低い若い人たち。また、その人たちを卑し
めていう語。
  Comments:
aligning with ミーハー
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<pos>&n;</pos>
@@ -11 +12,7 @@
-<gloss>the follower of each new fad</gloss>
+<misc>&derog;</misc>
+<gloss>faddist</gloss>
+<gloss>follow-the-crowd type</gloss>
+<gloss>lowbrow</gloss>
+<gloss>poser</gloss>
+<gloss>fanboy</gloss>
+<gloss>fangirl</gloss>
(show/hide 2 older log entries)

View entry in alternate formats: jel | edict | jmdict xml | jmnedict xml | jmdictdb xml