Tuttle New Dictionary of Loanwords in Japanese: A User's Guide to Gairaigo (Tuttle Language Library)

The Japanese have been borrowing Western vocabulary and assimilating it into their own language ever since Japan opened to Western trade in the mid-1800s. There is almost no field in Japan today that does not incorporate loanwords borrowed from English (and to a lesser extent German, Portuguese, Spanish and French). Medicine, technology, advertising, sports, entertainment, travel, marketing -- these are just a few of the areas that rely on foreign vocabulary. So now, no student of Japanese can be considered fluent without a solid understanding of loanwords. This dictionary of loanwords has been compiled by veteran author Taeko Kamiya, with precisely defined words illustrated in a sample sentence that leaves no double about usage in natural, spoken Japanese.Taeko Kamiya is the author of 'Tuttle New Dictionary of Loanwords in Japanese: A User's Guide to Gairaigo (Tuttle Language Library)' with ISBN 9780804818889 and ISBN 0804818886.