キャラ

(fictional) character

What does キャラ mean?

キャラ is a Japanese noun meaning (fictional) character in English. It is written as キャラ in hiragana, and kyara in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.

Example sentence

OKが出たので、思わずグラスランナーのシーフ・バードというベタなキャラを作っちゃいましたよ。

I got the OK so I unthinkingly created the clichéd 'grass runner thief/bard' character.