01-28-2021, 03:54 PM
Catsup is the English word for kechiap (鮭汁) meaning 'salmon gravy'. At least, that's one theory.
Japanese call this wasei-eigo - Japanified words from English. There's a lot of them. Technically speaking, anime is one. Pokemon is one too, short for pocket monster.
Biru for beer is one of my favs. In Chinese, it's pijiu. China mashes them up even more. pi is their approximation for the be in beer. jiu means liquor. Japanese does this too sometimes, like tonkatsu. Ton means pork. Katsu is their take on cutlet.
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Japanese call this wasei-eigo - Japanified words from English. There's a lot of them. Technically speaking, anime is one. Pokemon is one too, short for pocket monster.
Biru for beer is one of my favs. In Chinese, it's pijiu. China mashes them up even more. pi is their approximation for the be in beer. jiu means liquor. Japanese does this too sometimes, like tonkatsu. Ton means pork. Katsu is their take on cutlet.
None of this will appear on the quiz.
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