Tuesday, September 14, 2010

メンズ

menzu, "men's".

Clearly this is not the only word to indicate "male's", or things those are belong to males. Comparing with many other similar words, such as "男の", "男性の", this term presents a sort of high sense of popularity. Examples of compound words include "メンズファッション (fashion)", "メンズスタイル (style)", "メンズブランド (brand)", "メンズバッグ (bag)", etc.. A visitor to Japan may often be attracted by such a sign at an elegant department store.

Even though, when I found out a word associated with "What's Today" (Sept. 14th), I am still surprised. "メンズバレンタインデー". This one never join in my vocabulary list by now.