List of wasei-eigo
This is a list of wasei-eigo, or Japanese pseudo-Anglicisms; that is to say, words and compounds derived from the English language but in most cases not in fact used in English with the same meanings. A few of them, such as "salaryman", have nevertheless been borrowed into English together with their Japanese meanings.
| Wasei-eigo (romanization) | English source | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| アフレコ (afu-reko) | af(ter) + recor(ding) | postrecording, dubbing |
| アフターサービス (afutā-sābisu) | after + service | after-sales service, customer service, repair service, service under warranty |
| アイスキャンディー (aisu-kyandī) | ice + candy | popsicle, ice lolly |
| バックミラー (bakku-mirā) | back + mirror | rearview mirror |
| バックネット (bakku-netto) | back + net | backstop (baseball) |
| ベビーカー (bebī-kā) | baby + car | baby carriage, pram, stroller, pushchair |
| ベッドタウン (beddo-taun) ベットタウン (betto-taun) |
bed + town | commuter town, bedroom suburb, dormitory town |
| ビジネスホテル (bijinesu-hoteru) | business + hotel | budget hotel |
| ブルセラショップ (buru-sera-shoppu) | bloo(mer) + sailor (suit) + shop | a shop selling schoolgirls' used underwear and other fetish items |
| カーセックス (kā-sekkusu) | car + sex | public sex (in a car) |
| キャッチボール (kyatchi-bōru) | catch + ball | catch (children's game) |
| チェンジレバー (chenji-rebā) | change + lever | gearshift, gear lever, gear stick |
| チアガール (chia-gāru) | cheer + girl | cheerleader |
| ドアカット (doakatto) | door + cut | selective door operation |
| ダンプカー (dampu-kā) | dump + car | dump truck, dumper |
| ダッチワイフ (datchi-waifu) | Dutch + wife | sex doll |
| デコレーションケーキ (dekorēshon-kēki) | decoration + cake | decorated cake |
| デリバリーヘルス (deribarī-herusu) | delivery + health | escort service |
| ドライブイン (doraibu-in) | drive + in | roadside restaurant |
| NG (enu-jī) | n(ot) + g(ood) | not good or no good, acronym, usually director's cuts, bonus scenes that had to be cut, which takes place somewhere of the main runtime, relevant to show unlike Omake, not broadcast along with main, of movies, shows, anime are known as NG |
| ファッションヘルス (fasshon-herusu) | fashion + health | erotic massage parlor |
| フィリピンパブ (firipin-pabu) | Philippines + pub | a bar with Filipino staff |
| フリーサイズ (furī-saizu) | free + size | one-size-fits-all |
| フロントガラス (furonto-garasu) | front + glass | windshield, windscreen |
| ガードマン (gādo-man) | guard + man | security guard |
| ガソリンスタンド (gasorin-sutando) | gasoline + stand | filling station (gas, petrol) |
| ハーフ (hāfu) | half | person of mixed (Japanese and non-Japanese) descent |
| ハッピーエンド (happī-endo) | happy + end | happy ending (as in that of a story) |
| ヘルスメーター (herusu-mētā) | health + meter | bathroom scale |
| ホテヘルス (hote-herusu) | hote(l) + health | erotic massage provided in a hotel room |
| ホテトル (hote-toru) | hote(l) + Tur(kish bath) | sexual services provided in a hotel room |
| イメージクラブ (imēji-kurabu) | image + club | a type of brothel in which the staff dress in costumes (schoolgirl, nurse, etc.) |
| ジェットコースター (jetto-kōsutā) | jet + coaster | roller coaster |
| ジーパン (jī-pan) | jea(ns) + pan(ts) | jeans |
| コンセント (konsento) | concent(ric) | outlet, socket |
| クレーンゲーム (kurēn-gēmu) | crane + game | claw game |
| マントル (man-toru) | man(sion) + Tur(kish bath) | sexual services provided in a private apartment |
| メールマガジン (mēru-magajin) | mail + magazine | Email newsletter |
| メタボ (metabo) | metabo(lic) | state with many belly fat |
| ミニアルバム (mini-arubamu) | mini + album | extended play |
| ミクスチャーロック (mikusuchā-rokku) | mixture + rock | rock music with rap, hip-hop, and reggae influences; also, as a catch-all term to describe such genres as rap rock, nu metal |
| モーニングコール (mōningu-kōru) | morning + call | wake-up-call |
| ナイター (naitā) | night + -er | night game |
| ノートパソコン (nōto-pasokon) | note + perso(nal) + com(puter) | laptop |
| ニューハーフ (nyū-hāfu) | new + half | trans-gender, trans woman |
| オフヴォーカル (ofu-vōkaru) | off + vocal | backing track, instrumental |
| オーエル (ō-eru) | OL (office + lady) | female office worker |
| オイルショック (oiru-shokku) | oil + shock | oil crisis |
| オープンカー (ōpun-kā) | open + car | convertible (car) |
| オーダーメード (ōdā-mēdo) | order + made | bespoke (tailoring) |
| オートバイ (ōto-bai) | auto + by(cicle) | motorcycle |
| ペーパードライバー (pēpā-doraibā) | paper + driver | a licensed but inexperienced driver |
| ペーパーテスト (pēpā-tesuto) | paper + test | written test, written exam |
| ピンサロン (pin-saron) | pink + salon | sex parlor |
| ポテチ (pote-chi) | potato + chips | potato chips |
| プレイガイド (purei-gaido) | play + guide | ticket agency |
| ラブドール (rabu-dōru) | love + doll | a sex doll made of silicone |
| ラブホテル (rabu-hoteru) | love + hotel | a hotel designed expressly for sexual liaisons |
| ライブハウス (raibu-hausu) | live + house | music pub |
| ランジェリーパブ (ranjerī-pabu) | lingerie + pub | a public house in which the waitresses work in their underwear |
| サイダー (saidā) | cider | carbonated (lemon-lime) drink |
| リセマラ (rise-mara) | reset + marathon | reset marathon (uninstalling and reinstalling a game in order to re-roll certain starting items or statistics until a desirable result is achieved) |
| サンドバッグ (sando-baggu) サンドバック (sando-bakku) |
sand + bag | punching bag, punchbag |
| サラリーマン (sararī-man) | salary + man | white-collar worker, office worker, salaried worker |
| セレブ (serebu) | celeb(rity) | rich, wealthy |
| スキンシップ (sukin-shippu) | skin + ship | (intimate) physical contact |
| タオルケット (taoru-ketto) | towel + (blan)ket | blanket made of toweling |
| トップページ (toppu-pēji) | top + page | home page, start page |
| ワイシャツ (wai-shatsu) | whi(te) + shirt | dress shirt |
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