敵性語

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
敵 性 語
てき
Grade: 6 		せい
Grade: 5 		ご
Grade: 2
kan'on goon
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Etymology

Compound of 敵(てき)性(せい) (tekisei, “enemy's”) + 語(ご) (-go, “language; word”).

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Noun

敵(てき)性(せい)語(ご) • (tekiseigo) 

  1. (historical) languages spoken by the Allied Powers and borrowed words in Japanese that originated from such languages, especially English

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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