| However, from the late Showa period to the Heisei period, when western culture became widespread, the word was less frequently used in its original meaning, rather used frequently in symbolizing the fashions of the time when this word became popular or in producing a retrospective atmosphere. |
しかし西洋文化が浸透した昭和末から平成にかけては、原義に近いニュアンスで使用されることは少なくなり、むしろこの語が流行した時代風俗を象徴したり、懐古調の雰囲気を出すために使用されることが多くなった。 |