(コギャル) A mixture of the Japanese word for "child" ( ko) and the english word "girl", it refers to a subset of teenage Japanese girls who sport all-year-round tans and dress in the latest fashions. Kogaru are the driving force behind most fashion and technology trends in Japan, forming as they do a massive, image-obsessed clique. No kogaru would be seen dead without her keitai, which will inevitably be plastered with purikura stickers.