This is a list of Gairaigo and Wasei-eigo terms.

Contents

1 Examples 2 Common examples of gairaigo 3 List of Gairaigo 3.1 A 3.2 B 3.3 D 3.4 E 3.5 F 3.6 G 3.7 H 3.8 L 3.9 M 3.10 O 3.11 P 3.12 R 3.13 S 3.14 T 3.15 U 3.16 W 3.17 Y 4 Gairago of Non-English Origin 5 See also

Examples

Japanese word: (Katakana & romaji:)	Lit. Translation & Common English meaning:
オーダーメード (ōdā mēdo)	order made / custom made
カラオケ (karaoke)	空 (empty) + orchestra / karaoke
キャッチコピー (kyacchi kopī)	Catch copy / tagline
シール (shīru)	seal / sticker
スキンシップ (sukinshippu)	skin + -ship / see: skinship
ジェットコースター (jetto kōsutā)	jet coaster / roller coaster
スマート (sumāto)	smart / slim
テレビゲーム (terebi gēmu)	TV game / video game
トランプ (toranpu)	trumps / playing cards
ファンタジック (fantajikku)	fantasy + -ic / fantastic
バージョンアップ (bājon appu)	version up / upgrade (software)
バックミラー (bakku mirā)	back mirror / rearview mirror
パンク (panku)	puncture / flat tire
フリーダイヤル (furī daiyaru)	free dial / toll free call
フライドポテト (furaido poteto)	fried potato / USA: french fries UK: chips
プラスドライバー (purasu doraibā)	plus driver / Phillips screwdriver
ポケモン (pokemon)	pocket monster / pokémon
プリクラ (purikura)	print club / purikura
ホッチキス (hocchikisu)	Hotchkiss / Stapler
マイナスドライバー (mainasu doraibā)	minus driver / flathead screwdriver
モーニングコール (mōningu kōru)	morning call / wake-up call
リサイクルショップ (risaikuru shoppu)	recycle shop / secondhand shop (used clothes)

Common examples of gairaigo

Gairaigo	Language	Source word	Translation
annyui アンニュイ	French	ennui	ennui, boredom
apāto アパート	English	apartment	apartment, flat
arubaito アルバイト	German	Arbeit	part-time job
depāto デパート	English	department store	department store
fōchun kukkī フォーチュン・クッキー	English	fortune cookie	fortune cookie
ikura イクラ	Russian	икра (ikra)	salmon roe (sushi)
tabako タバコ; also たばこ or 煙草 (see above)	Portuguese	tabaco	tobacco, cigarette
gurasu グラス	English	glass	drinking glass
garasu ガラス	Dutch	glas	glass (material)
pan パン	Portuguese	pão	bread
zubon ズボン	French	jupon	pants (American English), trousers (British English)
pantsu パンツ	British English	pants	underpants (American English)
mobairu モバイル	English	mobile	cell phone, PDA
terebi テレビ	English	televi(sion)	television
toraburu トラブル(noun)トラブる(verb)	English	trouble	trouble(noun) encounter trouble(verb)
karute カルテ	German	Karte	medical record
karuta カルタ	Portuguese	carta	Japanese playing cards
kādo カード	English	card	card

List of Gairaigo

A

• aidoru - (teen) idol
• Ai rabu yu - 'I love you'
• Ame-futo - Ame(rican) Foot(ball) (american football)
• Anime (アニメ) - in Japanese, cartoons, (in English, Japanimation); derived from "animation", possibly from French.

B

• Beddo - A western style bed, as opposed to a futon.
• Bēsubōru - Baseball
• Bura (ぶら) is Japanized term for the English word bra.

• Bura sera or buru sera is Japanese for bloomer sailor, referring to panty fetishism, especially with teenage girls ("bloomers") in school outfits ("sailor suits")
• Burezā (ブレザー) is Japanese for the English word blazer, as well as a term for a Japanese school uniform that includes that garment. It usually has buttons down the front and a vest under it with a white collared shirt.

D

• Dabingu - Dubbing
• Desuku (デスク) a person who sits at a desk.

• Don mai - 'Don't mind'
• Dorama (ドラマ)is the Nihonized term for the English word drama.

• Dori dori (ドリドリ) is a Japanese word meaning "drifting", in the sense of a car in the controlled skid used in drift racing. It originates from the term dorifuto.

• Dorifuto (ドリフト), is the 'Engrish' pronunciation of "drifting".

E

• Eakon - Air con(ditioning)
• Ecchi is the Japanese pronounciation of the word/name of the letter H.

• Engai-ringu - Engagement ring.
• Ero (エロ) is derived from the word erotica, and represents the same

• • Ero-ero (エロエロ) see ero

• Ero-guro (エローグロ) is derived from the English phrase "erotic grotesque". It is a genre of Japanese pornography and hentai involving blood, gore, disfiguration, mutilation, urine, enemas, or feces. The term is frequently shortened to simply guro.

F

• Famikon (ファミコン) the Nintendo Fami(ly) Com(puter)
  • see also Famicom, NES

• Foku - Folk music (please note, this refers to western style folk music not Japanese!)
• Fōku - Fork
• Furaidopoteto (フライドポテト) Chips (UK) or French Fries (USA) or Fries. Derived from "fried potato"

G

• gadoman - guard(man)
• Guro (ーグロ) is the shortened form of ero-guro, see ero-guro

H

• Ecchi is the Japanese pronounciation of the word/name of the letter H.

• Hankachi Handkerchief
• hansuto hun(ger) str(ike)

L

• Lolicon (ロリコン) seerorikon

M

• Manshon - a flat (UK) or apartment (US); derived from 'Mansion'
• Moningukoru (モーニングコール) - Wake up call, a "morning call"

O

• Off - A sale at a store, as in "Big summer off"
• On-za-rokku - Whisky with ice ('On the Rocks')

P

• Pasokon Perso(nal) Com(puter), see personal computer
  • see also persocom

R

• Rorikon (ロリコン) is a term for "Lolita complex" (derived from the novel Lolita), the sexual attraction to fictional and real underage girls, or ephebophilia.

S

• sand - a sandwich
• sekuhara - sexu(al) hara(ssment)
• sukebo - Skateboard
• sumato (スマート)- Smart (can also mean slim)

T

• tarento - TV personality/celebrity (from 'talent')
• Tēburu - Western style table
• Terebi - Television
• tereka - tele(phone) ca(rd)

U

• -up - Improve, upgrade: version-up, image-up

W

• Wanpisu - A suit ('one piece')
• White day - March 14, a month after Valentine's day

Y

• yan egu - young executive

Gairago of Non-English Origin

• Arubaito - Temporary work, from the German Arbeit meaning 'work'.
• Abeku - A hotel where lovers elope, from French Avec meaning 'with'.
• Enerugisshu - from the German energetisch
• Hisuteri - from the German Hysterie meaning Hysteria
• Pan - Bread, probably from Portuguese.

See also

• Engrish