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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

外がい来らい語ご

gairaigo

loanword

Example sentences

  1. インドにとって「カレー」という言葉ことばは外来語がいらいごである。

    For Indians, the word 'curry' is a word of foreign origin.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 西洋せいようの思想しそうと技術ぎじゅつとともに彼かれらの言語げんごも伝つたえられ、様々さまざまなポルトガル語ごが外来語がいらいごとしてもたらされることとなった。

    Their language was introduced along with the Western thoughts and technology, and various words of the Portuguese language were brought into Japan as loan words.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 「あすか」の語源ごげんについては外来語がいらいご由来説ゆらいせつ、地形名称由来説ちけいめいしょうゆらいせつなどがあるがはっきりとしたことは判わかっていない。

    It is not clear about the word origin of 'Asuka,' though there are a few theories including the theory that the word came from abroad, and the theory that the word is based on the topography.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 外来語

  • 外outsideOnガイ・ゲKunそと・ほか・はずす
  • 来come; dueOnライ・タイKunくる・きたる・きたす
  • 語word; speechOnゴKunかたる・かたらう

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