外来語

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See also: 外來語 and 外来语

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Kanji in this term
外 来 語
がい
Grade: 2 		らい
Grade: 2 		ご
Grade: 2
kan’on on’yomi goon
Alternative spelling
外來語 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 外来 (gairai, “foreign”) +‎ 語 (-go, “morpheme; word; expression”). First used by Ueda Kazutoshi in 1895, likely as a calque of German Fremdwort.

Pronunciation

Noun

外(がい)来(らい)語(ご) • (gairaigo) ←ぐわいらいご (gwairaigo)?

  1. (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)
    「ググる」とは外来語(がいらいご)だ。
    “Guguru” to wa gairaigo da.
    "To google" is a recent loanword.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “外来語”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frellesvig, Bjarke (2010) A History of the Japanese Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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