Comments on: Surprising loan words from Japanese to English http://whatjapanthinks.com/2011/09/11/surprising-loan-words-from-japanese-to-english/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: AND THE 2011 WINNERS ARE!. . . – J-808 Online http://whatjapanthinks.com/2011/09/11/surprising-loan-words-from-japanese-to-english/comment-page-1/#comment-249839 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 02:03:01 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=4339#comment-249839 [...] FULL STORY HERE: http://whatjapanthinks.com/2011/09/11/surprising-loan-words-from-japanese-to-english/ [...]

]]> By: AND THE 2011 WINNERS ARE!. . . « J-808.com http://whatjapanthinks.com/2011/09/11/surprising-loan-words-from-japanese-to-english/comment-page-1/#comment-249480 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:46:30 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=4339#comment-249480 [...] FULL STORY HERE: http://whatjapanthinks.com/2011/09/11/surprising-loan-words-from-japanese-to-english/ [...]

]]> By: RMilner http://whatjapanthinks.com/2011/09/11/surprising-loan-words-from-japanese-to-english/comment-page-1/#comment-249185 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:01:53 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=4339#comment-249185 Cosplay is pretty widely used, so is salaryman (not mentioned, and originally a loan phrase from English to Japanese).

Hikikomori is not unknown.

There are several e.g. binta and jibaku that I have never heard of despite speaking Japanese and being married to a Japanese.

All in all a crappy survey.

]]> By: PeterD http://whatjapanthinks.com/2011/09/11/surprising-loan-words-from-japanese-to-english/comment-page-1/#comment-249172 Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:55:52 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=4339#comment-249172 Beyond the food ones, the only one I have heard before (outside of speaking in Japanese or with Japanese/Japanophiles) is Wabi-Sabi. I could see Cosplay also making it. But the rest…

]]>