Japlish

American

[jap-lish] / ˈdʒæp lɪʃ /

noun

Japanese spoken or written with a large admixture of English words and expressions.
English spoken or written with features characteristic of Japanese.

Japlish British

/ ˈdʒæplɪʃ /

noun

Also called: Japanglish. the adoption and adaptation of English words into the Japanese language

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Etymology

Origin of Japlish

First recorded in 1955–1960; Jap(anese) + (Eng)lish

Example Sentences

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Foreign languages do not simply acquire American terms, of course, but adapt and rework them in a sort of hybridization variously known as Franglais, Spanglish or Japlish.

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And as English has become a kind of lingua franca, all of us are fluent in Franglais and in Japlish.

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