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What does "イケメン" mean?ikemen

A good-looking guy.

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🇯🇵 Japanese
Romaji
EE-keh-men
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Friends & informal

How it's actually used

The standard modern word for a handsome man, used in magazines, TV and everyday talk. It leans toward polished and stylish rather than rugged. No single clean female equivalent — 美人 covers that ground differently.

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Where it comes from

From いけてる (cool, going well) plus メン — read as both English "men" and 面 (face).

Before you say it

Casual but harmless. Fine in conversation, a bit breezy for formal writing.

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