外行語

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
外	行	語
がい Grade: 2	こう Grade: 2	ご Grade: 2
on'yomi	on'yomi	on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

Examples

寿司(すし) (sushi) → sushi
山葵(わさび) (wasabi) → wasabi
俳(はい)句(く) (haiku) → haiku
布(ふ)団(とん) (futon) → futon
盆(ぼん)栽(さい) (bonsai) → bonsai
柔(じゅう)道(どう) (jūdō) → judo
アニメ (anime) → anime
漫(まん)画(が) (manga) → manga
カラオケ (karaoke) → karaoke
オタク (otaku) → otaku
引(ひ)き籠(こ)もり (hikikomori) → hikikomori
改(かい)善(ぜん) (kaizen) → kaizen
津(つ)波(なみ) (tsunami) → tsunami

外(がい)行(こう)語(ご) • (gaikōgo)

(linguistics) "exported word": a Japanese word that has been borrowed by (many) other languages
- 2015, 井上史雄, 柳村裕, “外行語世界分布の国別因子分析 Google Trends による傾向”, in 計量国語学‎, volume 30, number 2, 計量国語学会, →ISSN, pages 73-97:
  外行語，つまり海外に進出した日本語について，インターネットの検索エンジンGoogle Trendsを使って，世界地図を作ることができる．その数値データはダウンロードできるので，整理した上で因子分析にかけて，多数地図の大傾向を把握した．
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Antonyms

外来語(がいらいご) (gairaigo)

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