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I've sent some pictures to a Japanese friend, and she replied saying
カッコいいじゃーん. I don't get either the Hiragana and Katakana mix in that word as
the last じゃーん...

Could anybody please get me out of the doubt?
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What does カッコいいじゃーん mean?
What is the actual question here? You doubt the meaning of the word or the
actual context in which it is said?

Anyway, this is a colloquial way to say "good looking", "stylish" or "cool"
with a slight emotional feeling supplied by じゃーん.

Normally the word is written like 格好いい although I've heared somewhere on this
site that writing this word in kanji feels more old fashioned.

Actual nuances probably will be cleared by native speakers.

P.S.: Sorry for any mistakes I've probably made due the fact that neither
English nor Japanese are my native languages.
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Writing a word in katakana is often used to put emphasis. じゃん is kind of
colloquial way of saying "isn't it?", while the long vowel mark in between,
once again, puts more emphasis.

I'd translate the sentence the following way:

```

    "He/She/It is sooo cool, isn't he/she/it?"
```

`

PS. Next time, it'd have been better if you provided more context if you want
something translated.
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