Japanese

Noun

和製英語 ‎(hiragana わせいえいご, romaji wasei eigo)

1. Japanese pseudo-anglicisms: Japanese coinages using English roots, not in use in anglophone countries nor by English native speakers, but only by speakers of Japanese

See also

• List of gairaigo and wasei-eigo terms
• 和製外来語 (わせいがいらいご) ‎(wasei gairaigo, “foreign-language terms coined in Japan”)

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9