Nipponglish

DVD Vision Japan term for Japanese actors trying to speak English and failing.
aka Engrish

There is some entertaining nipponglish in this anime. "Then I hope we will speak to your commander and talk to him again!"

by DaEditor November 26, 2004

nihonglish

Counter to engrish. English speakers using Japanese words wrongly. Commonly used by anime fans.

"I am a kawaii neko!" Is an example of nihonglish.

by Abby J July 14, 2005

Nihonglish

A blend of the Japanese and English languages. Commonly spoken in neighborhoods or other societies where both Japanese and English speakers are roughly equally present, like Internateonal Schools in Japan.

Nihonglish is often not intentionally spoken, but instead is a natural occurrence when multiple Japanese-English bilinguals converse casually. Compare Spanglish, Hinglish, Swenglish, and Hawaiian Pidgin.

Student 1: “Hey, today hōkago , wanna go downtown?”
Student 2: “Yeah, sure, meet at the genkan ?”
Student 1: “Actually, eki de machiawase shinai ? I should tabun rokkā o katazukeru today.”
Student 2: “ Daijōbu , then we could do that. At 4PM?”
Teacher: “You two, stop speaking Nihonglish!”

by Bored Doll August 9, 2018