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wasei kango

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 和製漢語 (literally “Japan-made Chinese words”).

  1. borrowed from 和製漢語

Definitions

  1. Words coined in Japanese that are based on Chinese characters.

  2. Japanese coinages using Chinese roots, not originally in use in Chinese-speaking…

    Japanese coinages using Chinese roots, not originally in use in Chinese-speaking countries nor by Chinese native speakers, but only by speakers of Japanese.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for wasei kango. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA