Practice JLPTMeaning
外来語 (がいらいご, gairaigo) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “loanword, foreign word”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 10
外来 語は 一般にカタカナで 書かれます。
In general, loanwords are written in katakana.
対義語は、外来性（外因性）である。
the opposite is external (exogenous) production.
いろいろな国の言葉を外来語として使います。
Words from many countries are being used as loan words.
そのほか、外来語、天ぷらなど飲食物も伝えられた。
In addition, words of foreign origin and food such as tenpura (deep-fried dish) were imported.
正岡子規が外来の野球用語を日本語に訳したのもこの新聞においてであった。
It was in this newspaper that MASAOKA Shiki translated foreign baseball terms into Japanese.
また一編、一編が簡潔で、一つの論旨を比喩や故事、時に外来語まで用いて説いている。
In each chapter, his writing was plain and concise, explaining a main topic using metaphors, events and figures in history, and even foreign words.
西洋の思想と技術とともに彼らの言語も伝えられ、様々なポルトガル語が外来語としてもたらされることとなった。
Their language was introduced along with the Western thoughts and technology, and various words of the Portuguese language were brought into Japan as loan words.
外来語が原義と異なる意味になる例として、英語のkamikazeと日本語の神風の意味にずれが生じるのは外来語取り入れの過程で他にも起きることである。
Kamikaze in English and
身近な外来語の由来を調べてみなさい. Try to trace the origins of some familiar loan words.インドにとって「カレー」という言葉は外来語である。
For Indians, the word 'curry' is a word of foreign origin.
神風 (kamikaze) in Japanese is an example of a foreign derived word that differs from the original definition of the word.そのほか、明治時代以降は英語などの外来語やそれを翻訳した和製漢語も多く使われている。
In addition, after the Meiji period, Japanese people have often used words of foreign origin such as English, and waseikango (Japan-made Chinese words) which were translated words of foreign origin.