和製英語
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Chinese
| Japanese-made, often linguistic | English language | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (和製英語) | 和製 | 英語 | |
| simp. (和制英语) | 和制 | 英语 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
和製英語
See also
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 和 | 製 | 英 | 語 |
| わ Grade: 3 |
せい Grade: 5 |
えい Grade: 4 |
ご Grade: 2 |
| goon | kan’on | goon | |
Etymology
Compound of 和製 (wasei, “Japanese-made”) + 英語 (eigo, “English (language)”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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和製英語 • (wasei eigo)
- Japanese pseudo-anglicisms: Japanese coinages using English roots, the majority of have not been borrowed into English or used by anglophone countries or English native speakers, but instead only by speakers of Japanese
See also
- 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”)