和製英語

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Japanese-made, often linguistic English language
trad. (和製英語) 和製 英語
simp. (和制英语) 和制 英语
 
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和製英語

  1. (linguistics) Japanese pseudo-anglicisms

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
せい
Grade: 5
えい
Grade: 4

Grade: 2
goon kan’on goon
 
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EtymologyEdit

Compound of 和製(わせい) (wasei, Japanese-made) + 英語(えいご) (eigo, English (language)).[1][2]

PronunciationEdit

  • (Tokyo) せーえーご [wàséé éꜜègò] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠se̞ː e̞ːɡo̞]

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()(せい)(えい)() (wasei eigo

  1. Japanese pseudo-anglicisms: Japanese coinages using English roots, not in use in anglophone countries nor by English native speakers, but only by speakers of Japanese

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ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2.0 2.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN