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オール

ōru

🇯🇵 Japanese slang from Tokyo

What does “オール” mean?

staying out all night

Example

“週末、カラオケでオールした”
shūmatsu, karaoke de ōru shita
At the weekend we did karaoke all night

Good to know

From 'all night'. Mostly students: in Tokyo, under-18s have to be home by 11 p.m.

Who you can say it to

With friends, not your boss

🎉 Going out

The textbook way to say it: 徹夜で遊ぶ

Heard in a conversation

The ticket lottery

Riku 沼が深い(笑)推し活がんばれ。
deep in the rabbit hole lol. good luck with the fan stuff
Aoi ありがとう!グッズの列、オールかも。腹ペコ確定。
thx! might be an all-nighter in the merch line. starving guaranteed
Riku 飯テロ待ってる。よき😌
waiting for the late-night food pics. nice 😌

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