外来語

がいらいご

Meanings

1. Noun loanword (in Japanese, esp. one of Western origin); word of foreign origin

Kanji

• 外 outside. Read as ガイ.
• 来 come. Read as ライ.
• 語 language. Read as ゴ.

Example sentences

• 最近の日本語って、外来語が多いよね。
  Modern Japanese has a lot of foreign words.

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