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Sounds like you're describing how English speakers treat Japanese loanwords, which sounds more relevant to the identity of English rather than Japanese. From w
by yongjik 3y ago
Sounds like you're describing how English speakers treat Japanese loanwords, which sounds more relevant to the identity of English rather than Japanese.
From what I've heard, the Japanese has no qualms about importing English words or just making up "nonsensical" new English words to suit their needs.
- hintymad 3y agoYes, but I thought it was Japanese culture that drives such adoption. Otherwise, it’s hard to explain why English vocabulary does not include many modern Chinese words in similar fashion, but does include a number of Cantonese words.
- dgunay 3y agoMainland China is behind on cultural exports in the last few decades, but Hong Kong is not.