和製英語

Chinese

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

  1. (linguistics) Japanese pseudo-anglicisms

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
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 和製 (wasei, “Japanese-made”) +‎ 英語 (eigo, “English (language)”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

和製英語 (hiragana わせいえいご, rōmaji wasei eigo)

  1. 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
    This includes terms such as スキンシップ (sukinshippu, “close physical contact”), アフレコ (afureko, “post-recording, overdubbing”, from a blend of “after” + “recording”), and ジーパン (jīpan, “jeans”, from a blend of “jeans” + “pants”).

See also

  • List of gairaigo and wasei-eigo terms
  • 和製外来語 (わせいがいらいご) (wasei gairaigo, “foreign-language terms coined in Japan”)

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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