借用語
Chinese
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Pronunciation
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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借 | 用 | 語 |
しゃく Grade: 4 |
よう Grade: 2 |
ご Grade: 2 |
goon | kan’on | goon |
Etymology
Compound of 借用 (shakuyō, “borrow (for purposes of using)”) + 語 (-go, “word, expression”).[1][2][3]
Noun
借用語 • (shakuyōgo)
- (linguistics) a borrowing, a loanword
- Synonym: 外来語 (gairaigo, “modern loanword, usually of European origin”)
Usage notes
The term 外来語 (gairaigo) is sometimes used with a narrower meaning, indicating only those loanwords that have been borrowed mostly from European languages since the Meiji era, in contrast to the broader meaning sometimes used for 借用語 (shakuyōgo), which may also include ancient Ainu and Sanskrit borrowings and earlier Portuguese borrowings, as well as vocabulary borrowed between dialects of Japanese. However, both terms usually exclude 漢語 (kango, literally “Han Chinese words”), those terms originally borrowed from Middle Chinese.[1][4]
References
- “借用語”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- “借用語”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- “借用語”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984