Word Meaning 和製英語

わせいえいご waseieigo

和製英語 is read as わせいえいご (waseieigo) and means Japanese word constructed of elements from one or more English terms.

Meaning

English

Japanese word constructed of elements from one or more English terms
pseudo-English word or phrase coined in Japan
wasei eigo

Reading

Kana

わせいえいご

Romaji

waseieigo

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 44 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 18855 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

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和製語

わせいご

Japanese word constructed of elements from foreign languages

和製漢語

わせいかんご

Japanese word constructed from Sino-Japanese elements

和英語林集成

わえいごりんしゅうせい

A Japanese and English Dictionary with an English and Japanese Index (1867)

熟語本位英和中辞典

じゅくごほんいえいわちゅうじてん

Saito's Idiomological English-Japanese Dictionary (1936)

和語

わご

Japanese language

和製

わせい

Japanese-made

和文英訳

わぶんえいやく

Japanese-English translation

和英辞典

わえいじてん

Japanese-English dictionary

標準英語

ひょうじゅんえいご

standard English

和英

わえい

Japanese-English

和英辞書

わえいじしょ

Japanese-English dictionary

英語

えいご

English (language)

Example Sentences

何言っても和製英語は日本語だ。

No matter what you say, Japanese Anglicisms are Japanese.