J-pop

English

Alternative forms

• J-Pop, Jpop, JPop

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.

Noun

J-pop (uncountable)

1. (music) Japanese pop music influenced by western genres.
   • 2005 August 21, Chris Campion, “J-Pop's dream factory”, in The Observer‎^[1], →ISSN:

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

   • 2010 March 25, Teresa Nieman, “Why Japanese pop matters”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     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.

Coordinate terms

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

 

Translations

Japanese pop music

• Arabic: جِاي-بُوب m (jey-būb), جِاي-بُوب m (jey-pop)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日本流行音樂／日本流行音乐 (Rìběn liúxíng yīnyuè)

• Finnish: J-pop, japsipoppi, japanilainen pop
• French: J-pop (fr) f, pop japonaise f
• German: J-Pop m
• Indonesian: J-pop (id)
• Japanese: J-POP (jei-poppu), Jポップ (jē-poppu)
• Korean: J-pop (jei-pap), 일본 팝 음악 (Ilbon pap eumak), J팝 (jeipap), 제이팝 (ko) (jeipap)
• Marathi: जे-पॉप n (je-pŏp)
• Portuguese: J-pop (pt) m
• Russian: джей-по́п m (džej-póp), япо́нский поп m (japónskij pop), япо́нская поп-му́зыка f (japónskaja pop-múzyka)
• Spanish: J-Pop m
• Thai: เจ-ป็อป (jay-bpòp)
• Vietnamese: J-Pop

See also

• J-horror

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒejˈpɔ.pi/ [ˌd͡ʒeɪ̯ˈpɔ.pi], /ˌd͡ʒejˈpɔp/ [ˌd͡ʒeɪ̯ˈpɔp]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒejˈpɔ.pi/ [ˌd͡ʒeɪ̯ˈpɔ.pi], /ˌd͡ʒejˈpɔp/ [ˌd͡ʒeɪ̯ˈpɔp]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒejˈpɔp/ [ˌd͡ʒeɪ̯ˈpɔp], /ˌd͡ʒejˈpɔ.pi/ [ˌd͡ʒeɪ̯ˈpɔ.pi]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒɐjˈpɔp/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒɐjˈpɔp/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒejˈpɔp/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒejˈpɔp/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒeˈpɔp/

Noun

J-pop m (uncountable)

1. (music) J-pop (Japanese pop music)