Japanese-made word from foreign elements
A word coined in Japan using morphemes or words from foreign languages, often distinct from loanwords. Compare 和製英語 (wasei-eigo), which specifically refers to English-based coinages.
See also: 和製英語
"Wasei-go" refers to words created in Japan from foreign-language elements.
Examples of wasei-go include wasei-eigo (Japanese-made English) and wasei-kango (Japanese-made Chinese words).
外来語 are direct loanwords, whereas 和製語 are newly coined in Japan using foreign components.
Compound of 和製 (wasei, 'Japanese-made') + 語 (go, 'word'). The term itself is a modern linguistic classification.