akibun 0 Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 What do you think about Japanese "aidoru". I think maybe it is different meaning from idol in English (?) For example, young girl here become "aidoru" almost like title of job, even before popular. Then they can do aidoru work on tv programs and maybe become popular. Isn't English "idol" meaning more about established popular famous people and it is earnt? Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 Your pretty much right! Some one who has earned it! This came from the Cambridge Dictionary idol- someone who is admired and respected very much! Mmmmm..... makes me wonder! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 Flicking through some channels the other night I came across a program called "aidoru no michi". Basically had 10 "idols" (young girls - all probably 13-17 yrs old) talking about all sorts of nonsense. I think the topic they were discussing was "Would you prefer a kakkoi and poor boyfriend, or a busu and rich boyfriend". None of them were well-known. (Well, I didn't recognise any of them anyway). There was lots of squealing. And some of them weren't even particularly pretty. Link to post Share on other sites
dai_koubutsu 0 Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 Most of them arent pretty. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 They're not lard monsters either. Sounds like a great programme there gg. Link to post Share on other sites
Trying to look busy 0 Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 They start out as "aidoru" and become "tarennto" when they are famous?? Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 Any good aidoru websites out there where we can all judge for ourselves? Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 Heres some links http://www.kumagaya.or.jp/~mamada/idol/idol.htm Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 Quote: Originally posted by akibun: Isn't English "idol" meaning more about established popular famous people and it is earnt? It would be nice to think that, but with all of the Pop Idol/American Idol (glorified karaoke) programs on foreign tv, the word is being weakened overseas too. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Good point. Welcome back Mr Wiggles, how was ingurando? You got some decent weather then? Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 I was under the impression that Japanese aidoru had to be really young. On that site above, there's some much older ladies in their 40s as well. Are they still aidoru or just aidoru of years gone by. Naomi Kawashima (?) is 45 and looks better than most of young aidoru on there. Link to post Share on other sites
HeatherLocklearRocks 1 Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 Yeah, she's nice. Heather's better though Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 Give us a shufty fukdane.. (link...) Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 http://www.naomi703.com/menu/ Link to post Share on other sites
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