Japanese vocabulary

number words used in the Japanese language

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are Japanese-language expressions that are based on English words, or on parts of English phrases, but do not exist in standard English, or do not have the meanings that they have in standard English. In linguistics, they are classified as pseudo-loanwords or pseudo-anglicisms.

thumb|300px|Salarymen take their train daily to work in the Greater Tokyo Area|Tokyo metropolitan area ([[Tokyo Station, 2005)]] The term is a Japanese word for salaried workers. In Japanese popular culture, it is portrayed as a white-collar worker who shows unwavering loyalty and commitment to his employer, prioritizing work over anything else, including family. "Salarymen" are expected to work long hours, whether overtime is paid or not. They socialize with colleagues and bosses, including singing karaoke, drinking, and visiting hostess bars.

loanwords in Japanese

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traditional Japanese system of measurement

classifier word in Japanese for measurements and quantities

Chengyu () are a type of traditional Chinese idiomatic expressions, most of which consist of four Chinese characters. Chengyu were widely used in Literary Chinese and are still common in written vernacular Chinese writing and in the spoken language today. According to the most stringent definition, there are about 5,000 chengyu in the Chinese language, though some dictionaries list over 20,000. Chengyu are considered the collected wisdom of the Chinese culture, and contain the experiences, moral concepts, and admonishments from previous generations of Chinese speakers. Chengyu still play an im

thumbnail|upright=1.4|, meaning "revere heaven, love people". Calligraphy by Saigō Takamori. A is a Japanese lexeme consisting of four kanji (Chinese characters). English translations of include "four-character compound", "four-character idiom", "four-character idiomatic phrase", and "four-character idiomatic compound". It is equivalent to the Chinese , from which it is derived.

Japanese words of Chinese origin

Katakana letter small Ke (U+30F6); abbreviation for the Kanji character 箇 or 個, pronounced /ka/ as a counter, or /ga/ as a conjunction

part of speech

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A is a Japanese term for a career woman. The term refers to the type of Japanese woman, married or not, that pursues a career to make a living and for personal advancement rather than being a housewife without occupation outside the home. The term came into use when women were expected to marry and become housewives after a short period working as an "office lady".

are words in the Japanese language composed of Chinese morphemes but invented in Japan rather than borrowed from China. Such terms are generally written using kanji and read according to the ''on'yomi pronunciations of the characters. While many words belong to the shared Sino-Japanese vocabulary (also known as kango), some kango do not exist in Chinese while others have a substantially different meaning from Chinese. Some kango'' have been borrowed back into Chinese.

large amount of sound mimeses words in Japanese

a cant originally used by Japanese court ladies during the Muromachi era

is a sardonic term which refers to the reluctance to use words that are considered potentially offensive or politically incorrect in the Japanese language. For instance words such as , , , , kichigai ( or , "crazy"), , and are currently not used by the majority of Japanese publishing houses; the publishers often refuse to publish writing which includes these words.