Japanese Gal Language: What is “Agepoyo?”

September 14th, 2011By Category: Uncategorized

Photo: OriRan

Japanese Gal Language is a special slang used by young Japanese girls called “gyaru” or gals. Their lingo is hard to understand for not only foreign people but also Japanese people, too.

Don’t worry. Help is at hand. Here are some expressions to help you communicate with Japanese gals, or in case you wish to listen in on a conversation.

 

  • Agepoyo – high tension
  • Torima – Anyway
  • Kamitteru – Awesome like god
  • Pachikoku – Tell a lie
  • Pagal – Not complete gal
  • Ukepii – Funny
  • Oolong cha – annoying, long hair, brown colored hair
  • Arasick – crazy fan of Arashi (Japanese boy band)
  • Otsu hamunida – collaboration of “Otsukaresama” and “~desu” in Korean language
  • Atonsu – Thank you

 

For example, the word, “Pagal” comes from “Chuto-hanpa” (incomplete) and “Gal” and puts those two words together. Of course, the gal talk is changing and adding new words all the time. Hopefully, these few words will help you a little bit.

If you know some Gal Language which isn’t in this article, please write comments.

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Comments

  • Alicecaiello says:

    Sagepoyo is opposite of agepoyo~

    yabapoyo is said when in trouble or something not good! 
    rabupoyo to express love!
    Ukepi is funnyArientei is like incredible or unbelievableYaffui is girls greeting like ‘hey’ or ‘hi’

  • Alicecaiello says:

    Sagepoyo is opposite of agepoyo~

    yabapoyo is said when in trouble or something not good! 
    rabupoyo to express love!
    Ukepi is funnyArientei is like incredible or unbelievableYaffui is girls greeting like ‘hey’ or ‘hi’

  • WOOWOWOWOWOOWOWOW says:

    I couldn’t agree more Monolocco but aren’t you getting married soon? Why are you talking to other women? Naughty boy (don’t know any spanish).

  • Mono_locco says:

    I know and have met a couple of these types of girls and most of them are so dumb, it’s not even worth trying to have a normal conversation with them, let alone try to understand their stupid own dialect. I prefer to have a nice, interesting coversation with a normal girl then one of these “gyarus” as they are as interesting as watching a painted wall dry.

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