Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

j-pop

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English

Syllables: j-pop
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Japanese pop music influenced by Western genres.

Uncountable

noun

Alternative letter-case form of J-pop.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The girls are constantly reshuffled into new permutations in order to feed the J-pop market's insatiable demand for fresh looks and faces."
"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."

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.

Origin

Source language: English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: J
Root: Japanese pop

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Jpop (alternative)

Phrases

J-horror

Frequently Paired Words

J-horror Cantopop C-pop HK-pop H-pop Indopop I-pop K-pop

Questions

What does j-pop mean?: Japanese pop music influenced by Western genres.
Where does j-pop come from?: It is traced to English.

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