造ぞう語ご

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

coinage; invention of a new word

Refers to the act or process of creating a new word or expression, often deliberately.

• この作さっ家かは多おおくの新しん語ごを造ぞう語ごしたことで知しられている。

  This author is known for coining many new words.

• 造ぞう語ご力りょくは言げん語ごの生せい命めい力りょくの一ひとつだ。

  The ability to coin words is one sign of a language's vitality.

noun

coined word; neologism

A word that has been newly created, as opposed to an existing word.

• 「スマホ」は比ひ較かく的てき新あたらしい造ぞう語ごだ。

  "Sumaho" (smartphone) is a relatively new coined word.