Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Japanese characterized by numerous borrowings from English.
- noun English affected by Japanese pronunciation, vocabulary, or syntax.
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- proper noun informal A confused blend of
Japanese andEnglish ;Engrish .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"Anglo-Japanese" (or, informally, "Japlish") is an intriguing case because of the economic prominence of Japan, the relative one-sidedness at present of the flow of words, and the restrictedness of Japanese,
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Japlish - September 19, 2009 added by Metraton | Images mcs+ to rate
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She was, is and always will be suikappu, a nickname combining the Japanese word for Watermelon (suika) and the Japlish word for cup, or "kappu".
Top 5 Most Outrageous Japanese Female Celebrity Nicknames 2007
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She was, is and always will be suikappu, a nickname combining the Japanese word for Watermelon (suika) and the Japlish word for cup, or "kappu".
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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One classic Japlish instruction, which I picked up from a car rental company, advised: When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn.
tootling with vigor WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008
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One classic Japlish instruction, which I picked up from a car rental company, advised: When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn.
Archive 2008-10-01 WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008
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There are a lot of such blendings throughout the world, including Spanglish here in Chicago, and Japlish, which my friends and I dabbled in when we were in Japan--the mixture is hard to avoid the longer you're exposed to more than one language.
60k mj 2007
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In every case the parody is pitch perfect, from the awkward Japlish text that punctuates the intro and outro of each title, to the expressive sprite work and authentic in-game fonts.
Eurogamer 2009
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I’m a lifelong fan of “Japlish,” English prose translated from the Japanese by someone whose sole qualification is owning a Japanese-to-English dictionary.
tootling with vigor WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008
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I’m a lifelong fan of “Japlish,” English prose translated from the Japanese by someone whose sole qualification is owning a Japanese-to-English dictionary.
Archive 2008-10-01 WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008
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