Information AboutWasei-eigo |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT WASEI-EIGO | |
| japanese words and phrases | |
| japanese vocabulary | |
| forms of english | |
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One example is the word ''desk'' (デスク ''desuku''). It seems like perfectly good English, but in Japan, it often refers to a title for a person. ''Tanaka-desk'' would be a of "family" and "computer", meaning a Video Game system (especially, but not necessarily, the Famicom , known to the rest of the world as the Nintendo Entertainment System ). Some wasei-eigo have in turn been borrowed as pseudo-Anglicisms in other countries. For example, 아파트 ''ap'at'ŭ'' in Korean is clearly borrowed from the Japanese word ''apāto'', not the English word ''apartment''. For an extensive list of terms, see the List Of Gairaigo And Wasei-eigo Terms . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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