"jet coaster" is "roller coaster" in English
"pincet" is Dutch for "tweezers" in English
"rakko" is Ainu for "sea otter" in English
an "open car" is a "convertible car" in English
"moga" is short for "modern girl," a term referring back to the "flappers" of the 1920s in English
"plus alpha" is "in addition" or "a little more" in English
"new half" is "transgendered" in English
"anketo" is "survey" in English
"shampoo" is originally a Hindi word
"tempura" is "tenpero" in Portugues and is a way of deep-fry cooking brought by Jesuit monks to Nagasaki, Japan in the 1500's
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Japanized English and Katakana words
Below are some slides about 和製英語 ("waseieigo" or Japanized English words) and カタカナ(katakana, one of the phonetic collections of Japanese syllables). Each relate how many words exist in Japanese that are of various origin, like English, Hindi, Dutch, French, German and Portugues. I'll use this theme for a class for mainly retired adults this Saturday.

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