Vocabulary list for Loan Words
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rasshu
Common word
noun
1.
rush
3.
4.
mainasu
Common word
noun, auxillary suru verb, no-adjective
1.
minus, negative (quantity), subtraction, taking away
noun
2.
deficit
3.
disadvantage, drawback, handicap
prenominal
4.
negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
manshon
Common word
noun
•
condominium (often mid-rise or high-rise concrete), apartment building, apartment house, apartment, flat
posuto
Common word
noun
1.
postbox, mail box, pillar box
2.
post, position
3.
post (e.g. goalpost)
prenominal
4.
post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
hanbaagu
Common word
noun
•
noun
1.
metre, meter(usually kana)
2.
All readings:
メートル《米》[1]
、メートル《米突》[1]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
napukin
Common word
noun
1.
(table) napkin, serviette
2.
sanitary napkin, sanitary pad
Other readings:
ナフキン
noun
•
Christ(usually kana)
Other readings:
クリスト《基督》[1]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
botan
Common word
noun
•
button(usually kana)(kanji is only used for push-buttons)
Other readings:
ぼたん《釦》
、ぼたん《鈕》
terebi
Common word
noun
1.
2.
TV program, TV programme, TV broadcast(abbreviation)
dema
Common word
noun, no-adjective
•
noun
1.
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas)(usually kana)
2.
gasoline, gas, petrol(usually kana)
3.
dense fog, thick fog(usually kana)
4.
5.
flatulence, gas, wind, fart(usually kana, colloquialism)
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
tacchi
Common word
noun, noun (suffix), auxillary suru verb
1.
touch
noun, auxillary suru verb
2.
being involved in
punpun
Common word
adverb, to-adverb, auxillary suru verb
1.
(smelling) strongly, pungently(onomatopia)
2.
furiously, indignantly, fuming, in a huff(onomatopia)
Other readings:
ぷんぷん
karaoke
Common word
noun
•
karaoke(usually kana)(from 空 and オーケストラ)
All readings:
からオケ《空オケ》
、カラオケ
gurando
Common word
no-adjective
1.
large
noun
2.
gland(only relevant for グランド)
3.
ground (e.g. land, electrical, base material of textiles, etc.)(only relevant for グランド)
See also:グラウンド
Other readings:
グラン
shiizun
Common word
noun
1.
season (period in which regulated games are played)(sports term)
2.
season (division of the year)
3.
season (of a TV show, etc.)
4.
season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
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