カタカナ語

Japanese

Kanji in this term
語
ご Grade: 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠ta̠ka̠na̠ɡo̞]

Noun

カタカナ語(ご) • (katakana-go) 

1. (informal) word written in katakana, i.e. a loanword. In particular, it refers to foreign words that are not so popular in Japan and whose meaning is not well understood.