モード

もーど
noun
mode; style, fashion
1. mode, setting
A particular setting or operational state of a device, system, or software. Also used figuratively for a person's mental state or mindset.
マナーモードにする。
To put it on silent mode.
I switched my smartphone to power-saving mode.
2. fashion, high fashion, style
From French 'mode,' referring to fashionable style or high fashion. Less common than sense 1 in everyday usage.
I like mode-style fashion.
パリはモードの都(みやこ)だ。
Paris is the capital of fashion.
That magazine features the latest fashion.

Etymology

Sense 1 comes from English 'mode' (setting, state). Sense 2 comes from French 'mode' (fashion). In modern Japanese, sense 1 is far more common.

Watch out

A uniquely Japanese term (wasei-eigo) for silent/vibrate mode on phones. In English this would be 'silent mode' or 'vibrate mode.'

Common collocations

  • マナーモード: silent/vibrate mode (phones)
  • 省(しょう)エネモード: power-saving mode
  • ダークモード: dark mode
  • モードに入(はい)る: to enter a mode (also figurative)
  • モード系(けい): mode-style (fashion genre, minimalist and avant-garde)