About 10% of words in the Japanese language are “borrowed” from other languages.
Here are two examples of words borrowed from English:
カメラ
Pronounced: Ka-me-ra
Meaning: Camera
Pronounced: A-i-su-ku-ri-i-mu
Meaning: Ice Cream
Interesting, huh? That’s super cool, but did you know that we have a chunk of words that we regularly use in the United States that are actually Japanese? You may be thinking of a few already, here are some Japanese words that are common in the States!
Interesting, huh? That’s super cool, but did you know that we have a chunk of words that we regularly use in the United States that are actually Japanese? You may be thinking of a few already, here are some Japanese words that are common in the States!
Pronounced: To-u-Fu
Meaning: Tofu
Meaning: Samurai Warrior
Pronounced: Ka-Ra-O-Ke
Meaning: Karaoke
I don’t expect this to be my last post about Japan or the Japanese language.
So, until next time, さよなら!
(Sa-yo-na-ra / Farwell!)