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jmdict 1639060 Active (id: 1973095)
和製英語 [news2,nf43]
わせいえいご [news2,nf43]
1. [n]
▶ Japanese word constructed of elements from one or more English terms
▶ pseudo-English word or phrase coined in Japan
▶ wasei eigo
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2716980 和製語【わせいご】 1. Japanese word constructed of elements from foreign languages



History:
6. A 2018-02-23 21:46:21  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
As per editors' email discussion.
  Diff:
@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<gloss>wasei eigo</gloss>
5. A* 2018-02-21 18:14:48  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I'm sure you can find plenty of examples of "gairaigo", "kango", "wago", etc. in academic sources but they don't make particularly good glosses.
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I've always assumed [expl] tags aren't necessary when the entry only has explanatory glosses (with some exceptions).
4. A* 2018-02-20 18:26:57  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
It's used academically, though. And both current glosses 
should really be tagged as [expl].
3. A* 2018-02-20 01:33:11  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5, 中辞典, etc.
  Comments:
I agree with Robin; I think a Japanese term needs to be fairly well accepted in English to have the romanized form as the gloss. "okonomiyaki" would make the grade, but "wasei eigo" is not on the radar.
I see the JEs say things like "English word or phrase coined in Japan" (GG5). That's not true - the point is that they're not real English.
  Diff:
@@ -16,2 +16,2 @@
-<gloss>wasei eigo</gloss>
-<gloss g_type="expl">Japanese word constructed of elements from one or more English terms</gloss>
+<gloss>Japanese word constructed of elements from one or more English terms</gloss>
+<gloss>pseudo-English word or phrase coined in Japan</gloss>
2. A* 2018-02-17 22:27:10  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I'm not sure the Japanese term is common enough in English to warrant including it as a gloss.
I think romanized Japanese glosses should be avoided as much as possible.
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