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クラスのマドンナ

February 5, 2023

Yomi

くらすのまどんな

Rōmaji

kurasu no madonna

Type

idiom

Literal Meaning

Madonna in a classroom

Meaning

the most popular girl in a classroom (at school)

Additional Info

Madonna (the Virgin Mary) figuratively illustrates a beautiful and popular girl. At (junior) high school in Japan, students are usually assigned to one classroom and take every class there (rather than moving classrooms for each subject). Therefore, it is very common that they have a crush on their classmate, especially “Madonna in the classroom”.

Instead of クラス, you can mention a specific 部活 (ぶかつ, school club) like テニス部のマドンナ (Madonna at a tennis club). Or, you can simply say みんなのマドンナ (“everyone’s Madonna”),

Note that this phrase is getting slightly old-fashioned.

Example

高校生の時、まりはクラスのマドンナ的存在だった。
Back in high school, Mari was the most popular girl in our classroom.

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