Comments on: English words, but Japanese meanings

By: Wasei Eigo - Inglês Made in Japan | Curiosidades do Japão

Wasei Eigo - Inglês Made in Japan | Curiosidades do Japão — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 05:21:48 +0000

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By: Lurker

Lurker — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:14:59 +0000

#25 is not solely Japanese. I’ve heard it many times as opposed to a practical exam, or a computerized one. I’ve heard the use of “paper” to mean “in name only” before as well. Probably the best example is “paper tiger”.

By: John Velvo

John Velvo — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 23:08:54 +0000

“Mania” is used to mean “enthusiasm” in English as well (hence “Beatle-Mania”.)

By: MightyJAK

MightyJAK — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:49:50 +0000

I must agree with you regarding #8; I live in southeastern Wisconsin, and only about 1 of every 10 of the laundromats I’ve seen actually use the word “laundromat” in their signs, the other 9 out of 10 are marked as “Coin Laundry”.

By: When Japanese feel most ashamed about their lack of English | 世論 What Japan Thinks

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:53:31 +0000

[...] I use Japanese English and a native speaker cannot understand [...]

By: nanashi

nanashi — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:18:07 +0000

ワンパターン repetitive (wasei: one pattern); one track mind; being in a rut, monotonous (from reading tutor and jisho.org)

wow, didn’t know some of these…but others just make so much sense!

By: kara

kara — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:15:19 +0000

Unfortunately “manneristic” is not a real word either… do you perhaps mean “characteristic” , or maybe “mannerism”?

Thanks for an interesting web site.