和わ製せい語ご

noun

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

• 「和わ製せい語ご」は、外がい国こく語ごの要よう素そから日本にほんで作つくられた単たん語ごを指さす。

  "Wasei-go" refers to words created in Japan from foreign-language elements.

• 和わ製せい語ごの例れいとして、和わ製せい英えい語ごや和わ製せい漢かん語ごが挙あげられる。

  Examples of wasei-go include wasei-eigo (Japanese-made English) and wasei-kango (Japanese-made Chinese words).