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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.
nihonglish by Abby J July 14, 2005
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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!”
Nihonglish by Bored Doll August 9, 2018
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ninglish 

Derives from the words Numbers and English
Typing words that consist of numbers, capital and lower case letters. This is usually very hard to read and understand unless you are fluent in the ninglish language.
s0m3tIMe5 NiNgL5H i5 Bl00dy hArd t0 REaD, LeT Al0N3 TyP3
ninglish by Kiki March 5, 2005

ninglish 

fi ur ninglish example stinks!

s0m3tIMe5 NiNgL5H i5 Bl00dy hArd t0 REaD, LeT Al0N3 TyP3
s0m3tYmz niNgL1$h 1z |3Lo0dY h4rD tOh r3a|) , |_eT a1On3 uN|)3r$t4Nd .
there!! i think thats the REAL example
ninglish by mai May 13, 2005

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!"
Nipponglish by DaEditor November 26, 2004

Ninglish 

A very complex language and only those who can speak and write it fluently can understand it well. Anyone who can speak Ninglish fluently automatically becomes a God. The holy spirit frequently will come in contact with those who can fluently speak Ninglish.
The language Ninglish is really difficult to speak!

Ninglish 

Ninglish is a very complex language and can only be understood by Gods or those who get it implanted by scientists inside their brain. Fluent speakers of the Ninglish language frequently get messages from the holy spirit and bob their heads while receiving the message.
The Ninglish gods are very fluent in Ninglish.
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