This is a list of Gairaigo and Wasei-eigo terms.

Examples

Common examples of gairaigo

List of Gairaigo

A

• aidoru - (teen) idol
• Ai rabu yu - 'I love you'
• Ame-futo - Ame(rican) Foot(ball) (american football)
• Anime (アニメ) - in Japanese, cartoons, (in English, Japanimation); derived from "animation", possibly from French.

B

• Beddo - A western style bed, as opposed to a futon.
• Bēsubōru - Baseball
• Bura (ぶら) is Japanized term for the English word bra.

• Bura sera or buru sera is Japanese for bloomer sailor, referring to panty fetishism, especially with teenage girls ("bloomers") in school outfits ("sailor suits")
• Burezā (ブレザー) is Japanese for the English word blazer, as well as a term for a Japanese school uniform that includes that garment. It usually has buttons down the front and a vest under it with a white collared shirt.

D

• Dabingu - Dubbing
• Desuku (デスク) a person who sits at a desk.

• Don mai - 'Don't mind'
• Dorama (ドラマ)is the Nihonized term for the English word drama.

• Dori dori (ドリドリ) is a Japanese word meaning "drifting", in the sense of a car in the controlled skid used in drift racing. It originates from the term dorifuto.

• Dorifuto (ドリフト), is the 'Engrish' pronunciation of "drifting".

E

• Eakon - Air con(ditioning)
• Ecchi is the Japanese pronounciation of the word/name of the letter H.

• Engai-ringu - Engagement ring.
• Ero (エロ) is derived from the word erotica, and represents the same

• • Ero-ero (エロエロ) see ero

• Ero-guro (エローグロ) is derived from the English phrase "erotic grotesque". It is a genre of Japanese pornography and hentai involving blood, gore, disfiguration, mutilation, urine, enemas, or feces. The term is frequently shortened to simply guro.

F

• Famikon (ファミコン) the Nintendo Fami(ly) Com(puter)
  • see also Famicom, NES

• Foku - Folk music (please note, this refers to western style folk music not Japanese!)
• Fōku - Fork
• Furaidopoteto (フライドポテト) Chips (UK) or French Fries (USA) or Fries. Derived from "fried potato"

G

• gadoman - guard(man)
• Guro (ーグロ) is the shortened form of ero-guro, see ero-guro

H

• Ecchi is the Japanese pronounciation of the word/name of the letter H.

• Hankachi Handkerchief
• hansuto hun(ger) str(ike)

L

• Lolicon (ロリコン) seerorikon

M

• Manshon - a flat (UK) or apartment (US); derived from 'Mansion'
• Moningukoru (モーニングコール) - Wake up call, a "morning call"

O

• Off - A sale at a store, as in "Big summer off"
• On-za-rokku - Whisky with ice ('On the Rocks')

P

• Pasokon Perso(nal) Com(puter), see personal computer
  • see also persocom

R

• Rorikon (ロリコン) is a term for "Lolita complex" (derived from the novel Lolita), the sexual attraction to fictional and real underage girls, or ephebophilia.

S

• sand - a sandwich
• sekuhara - sexu(al) hara(ssment)
• sukebo - Skateboard
• sumato (スマート)- Smart (can also mean slim)

T

• tarento - TV personality/celebrity (from 'talent')
• Tēburu - Western style table
• Terebi - Television
• tereka - tele(phone) ca(rd)

U

• -up - Improve, upgrade: version-up, image-up

W

• Wanpisu - A suit ('one piece')
• White day - March 14, a month after Valentine's day

Y

• yan egu - young executive

Gairago of Non-English Origin

• Arubaito - Temporary work, from the German Arbeit meaning 'work'.
• Abeku - A hotel where lovers elope, from French Avec meaning 'with'.
• Enerugisshu - from the German energetisch
• Hisuteri - from the German Hysterie meaning Hysteria
• Pan - Bread, probably from Portuguese.

See also

• Engrish