外来語
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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外 | 来 | 語 |
がい Grade: 2 |
らい Grade: 2 |
ご Grade: 2 |
kan’on | on’yomi | goon |
Alternative spelling |
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外來語 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Compound of 外来 (gairai, “foreign”) + 語 (-go, “morpheme; word; expression”).[1] First used by Ueda Kazutoshi in 1895,[1] likely as a calque of German Fremdwort.[2]
Noun
References
- “外来語”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- Frellesvig, Bjarke (2010) A History of the Japanese Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
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