Gairaigo (外来語, Japanese pronunciation: [ɡaiɾaiɡo]) is Japanese for "loan word", and indicates a transcription into Japanese. In particular, the word usually...

than being borrowed at some stage. Together with kango (漢語) and gairaigo (外来語), they form one of the three main sources of Japanese words (there is also...

the Japanese language: the yamato kotoba (大和言葉) or wago (和語); kango (漢語); and gairaigo (外来語). The original language of Japan, or at least the original...

2007-05-14 at the Wayback Machine Eizo, Katsuya (1916-02-12). ベランダー [veranda]. 外来語辞典 [gairaigo dictionary] (in Japanese) (訂増 ed.). Tokyo: 二松堂書店 (Futamatsudō...

May 24, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2011. Cabinet of Japan. "平成3年6月28日内閣告示第2号:外来語の表記" [Japanese cabinet order No.2 (June 28, 1991):The notation of loanword]...

the Netherlands". www.raccoonbend.com. Cabinet of Japan. "平成3年6月28日内閣告示第2号:外来語の表記" [Japanese cabinet order No.2 (28 June 1991):The notation of loanword]...

Reading Japanese, Lesson 1. joyo96.org Cabinet of Japan. "平成3年6月28日内閣告示第2号:外来語の表記" [Japanese cabinet order No.2 (28 June 1991):The notation of loanword]...

dictionaries. Kihon Gairaigo Jiten (基本外来語辞典, Tōkyōdō, 1990), ed. Ishiwata Toshio Kankōchō no Katakanago Jiten (官公庁のカタカナ語辞典, Sanseido, 1994), ed. Shimokawabe...

in native Japanese words as a result of sound changes. Called gairaigo (外来語) in Japanese, this is the newest layer of vocabulary, consisting of recent...

applies equally to native and Sino-Japanese words, as well as a few loanwords (外来語 Gairaigo). Some examples: Native words 紫陽花 (あぢさゐ) → 紫陽花 (あじさい) (adisawi →...