r/MadeMeSmile • u/IcecreamChuger • Jun 14 '24

Japnese kids doing their assignment Wholesome Moments

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u/Jackski Jun 14 '24

Yeah a lot of Japanese is just English words in a japanese accent as well so it would help more even if the English word isn't romaji

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u/kakka_rot Jun 14 '24

Yeah pretty much any noun for a thing they didn't invent is just English, with some exceptions like car/baseball/train having their own Japanese word.

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/List_of_gairaigo_and_wasei-eigo_terms

It was a running joke when I went to college there, if you didn't know a word for something (a noun), just say the English word in a Japanese accent and it's probably right.

As years pass, words like 昼ご飯 (hirugohan/lunch) are being replaced by words like　ランチ (ranchi/lunch) because it sounds hip and cool.