코스프레

Korean

Etymology

From Japanese コスプレ (kosupure).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kʰo̞sʰɯpʰɯɾe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [코스프레]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	koseupeure
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	koseupeule
McCune–Reischauer?	k'osŭp'ŭre
Yale Romanization?	khosu.phuley

Noun

코스프레 • (koseupeure)

1. cosplay (subculture centered on dressing as characters)
2. (figuratively) pretending, faking

   착한 사람 코스프레 ― chakhan saram koseupeure ― nice person cosplay; pretending to be a nice person

Derived terms

• 일코 (ilko, “hiding the fact that one belongs to an Internet subculture”, literally “ordinary person cosplay”)