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Gairaigo are Japanese words originating from, or based on, foreign-language, generally Western, terms.These include wasei-eigo (Japanese pseudo-anglicisms).Many of these loanwords derive from Portuguese, due to Portugal's early role in Japanese-Western interaction; Dutch, due to the Netherlands' relationship with Japan amidst the isolationist policy of sakoku during the Edo period; and from ...
Wasei-eigo (和製英語, meaning "Japanese-made English", from "wasei" (Japanese made) and "eigo" (English), in other words, "English words coined in Japan") are Japanese-language expressions that are based on English words, or on parts of English phrases, but do not exist in standard English, or do not have the meanings that they have in standard English.
This is a term that appears to be a loan but is actually wasei-eigo. It is sometimes difficult for students of Japanese to distinguish among gairaigo, giseigo (onomatopoeia), and gitaigo (ideophones: words that represent the manner of an action, like "zigzag" in English — jiguzagu ジグザグ in Japanese), which are also written in katakana.
Wasei-eigo (和製英語, "Japanese-made English", "English words coined in Japan") are Japanese-language expressions based on English words or parts of word combinations, that do not exist in standard English or whose meanings differ from the words from which they were derived. Linguistics classifies them as pseudo-loanwords or pseudo-anglicisms
geta [17] 下駄, a pair of Japanese raised wooden clogs worn with traditional Japanese garments, such as the kimonoinro [18] 印籠 inrō, a case for holding small objects, often worn hanging from the obi; (traditional Japanese clothes didn't have pockets)
Many Japanese words of Portuguese origin entered the Japanese language when Portuguese Jesuit priests and traders introduced Christian ideas, Western science, medicine, technology and new products to the Japanese during the Muromachi period (15th and 16th centuries).
wasei-eigo where words are borrowed directly but have different meanings (ex: manshon) wasei-eigo where words are modified beyond recognition or are new constructions (ex: terebi, O.L.) gairaigo from non-English languages (ex: tabako) gairaigo with notable etymologies or subtleties (ex: garasu vs. gurasu)
The word is wasei-eigo, a loan word from the English language. In Kazakh, it is officially called айқұлақ (aıqulaq, 'moon's ear'). In Korean, it is called golbaeng-i (골뱅이, meaning 'whelk'), a dialectal form of whelk. In Kurdish, it is at or et (Latin Hawar script), ئەت (Perso-Arabic Sorani script) coming from the English word at.