Etymology

gairaigo

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Today it means: A foreign, typically non-Sinitic loanword into Japanese. Full definition →

Japanese 外来語
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from外来語
  2. Japanese · borrowed from外来語
  3. English todaygairaigo

Borrowed from Japanese 外来語.

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