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J-pop en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese J-POP (jeipoppu), from J- + pop, an abbreviation of English Japanese pop, coined by Tokyo radio station J‑WAVE in 1988.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Japanese pop music influenced by Western genres.
   • She may be declining in popularity, relevance and quality, but Ayumi Hamasaki is still the undisputed Queen of J-Pop, and it will be a long while before anyone can surpass her. 2010 March 25, Teresa Nieman, “Why Japanese pop matters”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2019:
   • The girls are constantly reshuffled into new permutations in order to feed the J-pop market's insatiable demand for fresh looks and faces. 2005 August 21, Chris Campion, “J-Pop's dream factory”, in The Observer, →ISSN, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2021:

Forms

Coordinates

H-pop · Pinoy pop · L-pop · C-pop · Mandopop · M-pop · P-pop · Q-pop · T-pop · V-pop · Cantopop · Indopop · K-pop · I-pop · HK-pop

Relateds

J-horror

Translations (25)

fi japanilainen pop (Japanese pop music) · ar جِاي-بُوب (Japanese pop music) · cmn 日本流行音樂 /日本流行音乐 (Japanese pop music) · ar جِاي-بُوب (Japanese pop music) · ko J팝 (Japanese pop music) · mr जे-पॉप (Japanese pop music) · fr J-pop (Japanese pop music) · es J-Pop (Japanese pop music) · fi J-pop (Japanese pop music) · ru джей-по́п (Japanese pop music) · ja Jポップ (Japanese pop music) · pt J-pop (Japanese pop music) · ko J-pop (jei-pap) (Japanese pop music) · ko 제이팝 (Japanese pop music) · ru япо́нская поп-му́зыка (Japanese pop music) · th เจ-ป็อป (Japanese pop music) · ja ジェー・ポップ (Japanese pop music) · de J-Pop (Japanese pop music) · ko 일본 팝 음악 (Japanese pop music) · ja J-POP (jē-poppu) (Japanese pop music) · vi J-Pop (Japanese pop music) · ru япо́нский поп (Japanese pop music) · id J-pop (Japanese pop music) · fr pop japonaise (Japanese pop music) · fi japsipoppi (Japanese pop music)

wikipedia: J-Wave