マカロニウエスタン

noun

spaghetti western

Refers to a genre of Western films made in Italy, especially popular in the 1960s–70s. The term is a wasei-eigo (Japanese-made English) from 'macaroni western'.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from macaroni western

• 彼かれはマカロニウエスタンの大だいファンだ。

  He is a big fan of spaghetti westerns.

• あの映えい画がはマカロニウエスタンの傑けっ作さくと言いわれている。

  That movie is said to be a masterpiece of the spaghetti western genre.