On this episode of Japan Station, we talk about Japanese abbreviations/contractions, give 12 examples and discuss their origins.
👉Topics Discussed
- About abbreviations and contractions in Japanese
- About waseieigo (made in English)
- About the origins of the Sharp company
- About the Japanese word wanchan
- About the possible origin of the word potation in Japanese: jagaimo
- And more!
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Today's words
- Kyōkasho
- 教科書 【きょうかしょ】 (n) textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
- karaoke
- カラオケ : 空オケ 【からオケ; カラオケ(P)】 (n) (uk) (from 空 and オーケストラ) karaoke
- dentaku
- 電卓 【でんたく】 (n) (abbr) (See 電子式卓上計算機) calculator (electronic); pocket calculator
- sofutokurīmu
- ソフトクリーム : ソフトクリーム; ソフト・クリーム (n) {food} soft serve ice cream (wasei: soft cream)
- bōrupen
- ボールペン : ボールペン(P); ボール・ペン (n) ball-point pen (wasei: ball pen)
- shāpen
- シャーペン : シャーペン; シャープペン; シャアペン(sk) (n) (abbr) (See シャープペンシル) mechanical pencil; automatic pencil; propelling pencil
- chūhai
- 酎ハイ 【ちゅうハイ; チューハイ(P); チュウハイ】 (n) (uk) (abbr) (See 焼酎ハイボール) shōchū highball; cocktail of shōchū with tonic water
- purikura
- プリクラ (n) (abbr) photo booth that prints out cards and stickers of the resulting photograph, which are then traded among friends (wasei: print club)
- ワイシャツ
- ワイシャツ : Ｙシャツ 【ワイシャツ】 (n) (uk) (formal) shirt (eng: white shirt); dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt
- densha
- 電車 【でんしゃ】 (n) train; electric train
- wanchan
- ワンチャン (n) (1) (abbr) (See ワンチャンス) one chance; only opportunity; (n) (2) (sl) maybe; perhaps; there is a chance that; (n) (3) (sl) one-night stand; : ワンちゃん(P); わんちゃん; ワンチャン ; (n) (chn) (See わんわん・1) doggie; pooch; bow-wow
- jagaimo
- ジャガイモ : じゃが芋(P); ジャガ芋(P) 【じゃがいも(じゃが芋)(P); ジャガいも(ジャガ芋)(P); ジャガイモ】 (n) (uk) (See ジャガタラ芋) potato (Solanum tuberosum)
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