和製英語

和製英語

1. (linguistics) Japanese pseudo-anglicisms

• 和製漢語／和制汉语 (hézhì hànyǔ)

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

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) わせーえ​ーご [wàséé éꜜègò] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠se̞ː e̞ːɡo̞]

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”).

• 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”)
• 和 (わ)製 (せい)漢 (かん)語 (ご) (wasei kango, “Japanese-created Chinese/Hanzi words”)