modern girl

English

Modern girls wearing "Beach Pajama Style" walking down Ginza in 1928

Noun

modern girl (plural modern girls)

1. (historical) A Japanese woman who followed westernized fashions and lifestyles in the period after World War I.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see modern,‎ girl.

Synonyms

• moga

See also

• flapper