和わ製せい漢かん語ご

noun

Japanese-made Chinese-style word; wasei kango

A linguistic term for words coined in Japan using Chinese-derived morphemes, often distinct from native Japanese or Western loanwords. Common in academic and historical contexts.

• 「哲てつ学がく」や「科か学がく」は和わ製せい漢かん語ごの例れいです。

  "Tetsugaku" (philosophy) and "kagaku" (science) are examples of wasei kango.

• 和わ製せい漢かん語ごは明めい治じ時じ代だいに多おおく作つくられました。

  Many wasei kango were created during the Meiji period.