Usually means: Japanese loanwords from foreign languages.
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▸ noun:  A foreign, typically non-Sinitic loanword into Japanese.

Similar:
gaijin, goon, gaiji, Gallicism, gaje, gajo, gaijin card, Japanglish, gauje, Godzirra, more...

Opposite:
wago, native language, Japanese word

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Similar:
gaijin, goon, gaiji, Gallicism, gaje, gajo, gaijin card, Japanglish, gauje, Godzirra, more...

Opposite:
wago, native language, Japanese word



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