Burikko

Quick meaning: Burikko is a noun meaning (countable) An adult woman who behaves childishly, especially a Japanese woman or a woman involved with Japanese culture.

Meaning

(countable) An adult woman who behaves childishly, especially a Japanese woman or a woman involved with Japanese culture.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) A (Japanese) style or fashion associated with excessive or false cuteness.

Example Sentences

A burikko is a grown woman who acts like a child. She may be sexually active, but she feigns innocence.

Girls laciness is not in Japan Madonna-style lace but rather First Communion lace—but with a perky falseness sometimes called burikko, or false-innocent.

While boy-crazy American girls labor at sophistication, Japanese women of marriageable age tend to act like girls, and are popularly called burikko—“pretending kids.”

The author is reporting on the high-pitched voice frequently considered a stereotypical feature of the burikko, a derogatory Japanese label used to describe women who exhibit feigned naïveté.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include burriko, burick, buer, burerk, chuunibyou, bonkler.

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