和製英語
ChineseEdit
Japanese-made, often linguistic | English language | ||
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trad. (和製英語) | 和製 | 英語 | |
simp. (和制英语) | 和制 | 英语 |
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
和製英語
See alsoEdit
JapaneseEdit
Kanji in this term | |||
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和 | 製 | 英 | 語 |
わ Grade: 3 |
せい Grade: 5 |
えい Grade: 4 |
ご Grade: 2 |
goon | kan’on | goon |
EtymologyEdit
Compound of 和製 (wasei, “Japanese-made”) + 英語 (eigo, “English (language)”).[1][2]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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和製英語 • (wasei eigo)
- 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
See alsoEdit
- Category:Japanese pseudo-loans from English
- List of gairaigo and wasei-eigo terms
- 和製外来語 (wasei gairaigo, “foreign-language terms coined in Japan”)
- 和製漢語 (wasei kango, “Japanese-created Chinese/Hanzi words”)