ぐわいらいご

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ぐわいらいご – see the following entry.

【外来語がいらいご】 [noun] [1895] (linguistics) a "recent" loanword, a Japanese word that has been borrowed since the modernization of Japan during the Meiji era from a modern foreign language, especially a European one; compare 借用語 (shakuyōgo)

(This term, ぐわいらいご, is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)