Vocabulary list for Loan Words
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Common word
noun
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Christianity
Other readings:
基督教【キリストきょう】[1]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
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)
ikooru
Common word
na-adjective
1.
equal, equivalent
noun
2.
expression
3.
equals (as in "A equals B")
noun, no-adjective
•
Catholic (church)(usually kana)
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
chakku
Common word
noun
1.
zip fastener, zipper, zip(poss. from 巾着 (きんちゃく))
2.
chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill)
buzaa
Common word
noun
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buzzer, personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)
tacchi
Common word
noun, noun (suffix), auxillary suru verb
1.
touch
noun, auxillary suru verb
2.
being involved in
doriru
Common word
noun
1.
drill bit, drill
noun, auxillary suru verb
2.
drill (practice)
noun
3.
drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
koosu
Common word
noun
1.
course, route, trail
2.
course (of study), program
3.
lane (in running, swimming, etc.)
4.
course (of action), policy, track, path
5.
course (of a multi-course meal)
6.
7.
plan (type of offered service), course, option
8.
pitch(baseball term)
interia
Common word
noun
1.
interior (of building, room, vehicle, etc.)
2.
fuwafuwa
Common word
to-adverb, adverb
1.
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.), buoyantly(onomatopia)
no-adjective, na-adjective, to-adverb, adverb, auxillary suru verb
2.
soft, fluffy, spongy(onomatopia)
to-adverb, adverb, auxillary suru verb
3.
unsteadily, flightily, fickly, frivolously(onomatopia)
Other readings:
ふわふわ
repooto
Common word
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
report, paper
2.
reportage
All readings:
レポート
、リポート
noun
•
ramen, Chinese-style noodles(usually kana)
All readings:
ラーメン《拉麺》
、ラーメン《老麺》
、らーめん《拉麺》[1]
、らーめん《老麺》[1]
、らあめん《拉麺》[1]
、らあめん《老麺》[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kana usage
shokku
Common word
noun
1.
shock (psychological)
2.
crisis (esp. financial)
3.
shock (physical, mechanical)
4.
shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow)(medical term)
tenpura
Common word
noun
•
tempura, deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
All readings:
天ぷら【てんぷら】
、天麩羅【てんぷら】
、天婦羅【てんぷら】
、天プラ【てんプラ】
、天麸羅【てんぷら】
、テンプラ
puuru
Common word
noun
1.
(swimming) pool
noun, auxillary suru verb
2.
pool (billiards)
3.
pool (together)
besuto
Common word
na-adjective, no-adjective
1.
best(only relevant for ベスト)
noun
2.
vest
Other readings:
ヴェスト
sutando
Common word
noun
1.
stands, bleachers
2.
stand (e.g. newspaper stand), counter (e.g. lunch counter)
3.
stand (e.g. inkstand)
4.
5.
station (e.g. gas station)
See also:ガソリンスタンド
saboru
Common word
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
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to be truant, to play hooky, to skip school, to skip out, to be idle, to sabotage by slowness(from サボタージュ)
See also:サボタージュ
Other readings:
さぼる
noun
1.
Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet
See also:ラテン文字 (ラテンもじ)
2.
rōmaji, romanized Japanese, system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
See also:ローマ字綴り
Other readings:
羅馬字【ローマじ】[1]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
mama
Common word
noun
1.
mama, mamma, mom, mommy, mum, mummy, mother(familiar language)
2.
female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
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