Etymology

fairy kei

Today it means: A Japanese fashion style influenced by pop culture of the 1980s, characterized by pastel colours and whimsical, childlike elements such as toys, candy, or unicorns. Full definition →

Japanese フェアリー系 ← English fairy
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  1. English · derived fromfairy
  2. Japanese · borrowed fromフェアリー系
  3. English todayfairy kei

From Japanese フェアリー系 (fearī-kei, literally “fairy style”), from フェアリー (fearī, “fairy”) (itself from English fairy) + 系 (kei, “style”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.