イケメン

Japanese

Etymology

From イケてる (iketeru, “cool”) and メンズ (menzu, “men”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) イケメン [ìkéméń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ike̞mẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

イケメン • (ikemen) 

  1. (slang) a good-looking, handsome man
    Coordinate terms: ブサメン (busamen), フツメン (futsumen), イケメン (ikemen)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Chinese: 池面

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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