外来語

See also: 外來語 and 外来语

Japanese

Kanji in this term
外	来	語
がい Grade: 2	らい Grade: 2	ご Grade: 2
kan’on	on’yomi	goon

Alternative spelling
外來語 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 外来 (gairai, “foreign”) +‎ 語 (-go, “morpheme; word; expression”).[1] First used by Ueda Kazutoshi in 1895,[1] likely as a calque of German Fremdwort.[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) がいらいご [gàíráígó] (Heiban – [0])[3]
IPA^(key): [ɡa̠iɾa̠iɡo̞]

Noun

外(がい)来(らい)語(ご) • (gairaigo) ^{←ぐわいらいご (gwairaigo)^?}

[1895] (linguistics) a "recent"[2] loanword, a Japanese word that has been borrowed since the modernization of Japan during the Meiji era from a modern foreign language, especially a European one; compare 借用語 (shakuyōgo)
「ググる」とは外来語(がいらいご)だ。
“Guguru” to wa gairaigo da.
"To google" is a recent loanword.

References

“外来語”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
Frellesvig, Bjarke (2010) A History of the Japanese Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN

[KDJ2-1] “外来語”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN

[AHLL-2] Frellesvig, Bjarke (2010) A History of the Japanese Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN

[DJR-3] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN