There are a lot of words in Japanese that is borrowed from English. Here are a few examples:
アニメ(anime)=animation
バター(batā)=butter
バス(basu)=bus
ブレザー(burezā)=blazer
ドンマイ(donmai)=don't mind
エアコン(eakon)=air-con(ditioning)
ガラス(garasu)=glass
ハッカー(hakkā)=hacker
イェス(yesu)=yes/Jesus
イメージ(imēji)=image
キー(kī)=key
メール(meru)=mail
モバイル(mobairu)=mobile
オーライ(ōrai)=all right
オータム(ōtamu)=autumn
タバコ(tobako)=tabacco
ゼロ(zero)=zero
There are also the so-called 和製英語(wasei-eigo, Japanese-made English), examples include:
ファミコン(famikon)=fami(ly) com(puter)
ジェンダーフリー(jendāfurī)=gender free
ジーパン(jīpan)=jea(ns)+pa(nts)
コミカライズ(komikaraizu)=comic -alise, to make a comic of
コスプレ(kosupure)=cos(tume) play, cosplay
モボ(mobo)=mo(dern) bo(y)
モガ(moga)=mo(dern) gi(rl)
ポエマー(poemā)=poem -er, a poet
despite their links to foreign language words, the word forms as used in modern Japanese are not used in the same way in their languages of origin (mainly English). In fact, many such terms, despite their similarity to the original foreign words, are not easily understood by speakers of those
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