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Get the gaigai mug.The Japanese word for foreign loanwords (usually English) which have been integrated into everyday Japanese.
In some cases they have been adopted because an appropriate Japanese word simply doesn't exist, in others because English and Western culture are considered fashionable and attractive.
Many are rendered unrecognisable, both by the extreme differences in pronunciation between the various languages and also by the Japanese propensity for shortening and condensing.
(There is already an entry under garaigo, but this romanisation is incorrect)
In some cases they have been adopted because an appropriate Japanese word simply doesn't exist, in others because English and Western culture are considered fashionable and attractive.
Many are rendered unrecognisable, both by the extreme differences in pronunciation between the various languages and also by the Japanese propensity for shortening and condensing.
(There is already an entry under garaigo, but this romanisation is incorrect)
Some Gairaigo examples:
igirisu - Great Britain (from Portugese)
aisukuriimu - ice cream
daburu - double
terebi - televi(sion)
pasokon - perso(nal) com(puter)
igirisu - Great Britain (from Portugese)
aisukuriimu - ice cream
daburu - double
terebi - televi(sion)
pasokon - perso(nal) com(puter)
by clu82 January 7, 2010
Get the Gairaigo mug.A knight in King Arthur's court, who plays a significant role in much mediaeval literature - most notably in the anonymous Arthurian romance "Sir Gawayn and þe Grene Kni3t" (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight).
Gawan, þat sate bi þe quene,
To þe kyng he can enclyne:
"I beseche now with sa3ez sene
Þis melly mot be myne."
--Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, lines 339-342.
To þe kyng he can enclyne:
"I beseche now with sa3ez sene
Þis melly mot be myne."
--Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, lines 339-342.
by Dr Apple January 6, 2005
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