英文中的常见日语外来词

Bonsai 盆栽

= [日] 盆栽 ぼんさい

Bonsai is a Japanese art form using miniature trees grown in containers

 

Honcho 负责人，主人

= [日] 班長 はんちょう

A leader or manager; the person in charge

 

Judo 柔道

=[日] 柔道 じゅうどう

Judo is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Dr Kano Jigoro.

Karaoke 卡拉OK

=[日] カラオケ

Karaoke is a form of interactive entertainment or video game in which amateur singers sing along with recorded music (and/or a music video) using a microphone and public address system.

注：日语词カラオケ是个组合词，是日语词“空”kara和外来语“オーケストラ”orchestra管弦乐队的组合。

Karate 空手道

=[日] 空手道 からてどう

Karate is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan.

 

Kimono 和服

=[日] 着物 きもの

The kimono is a Japanese traditional garment worn by women, men and children. The word "kimono", which literally means a "thing to wear" , has come to denote these full-length robes.

 

 

Ninja 忍者，日本武士

=[日] 忍者 にんじゃ

A ninja was a covert agent or mercenary of feudal Japan specializing in unorthodox arts of war.

 

Origami 折纸手工

=[日] 折り紙 おりがみ

Origami is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, which started in the 17th century AD and was popularized in the mid-1900s.

 

Rickshaw 黄包车

=[日] 人力車 じんりきしゃ

Rickshaws are a mode of human-powered transport: a runner draws a two-wheeled cart which seats one or two persons.

Samurai 武士

=[日] 侍 さむらい

Samurai is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan.

Shogun 幕府时代的将军

=[日] 将軍 しょうぐん

Shogun is a military rank and historical title for (in most cases) a hereditary military dictator of Japan.

Soy 酱油

=[日] 醤油 しょうゆ

Soy sauce or soy is a condiment produced by fermenting soybeans.

 

Sudoku 数独

=[日] 数独 すうどく

Sudoku is a logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle.

 

Sumo 相扑

=[日] 相撲 すもう

Sumo is a competitive full-contact sport where a wrestler attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet.

 

Sushi 寿司

= [日] 寿司 すし

Sushi is a Japanese dish consisting of cooked vinegared rice which is commonly topped with other ingredients, such as fish or other seafood, or put into rolls.

tempura 天妇罗

= [日] 天ぷら てんぷら

Tempura is a Japanese dish of seafood or vegetables that has been battered and deep fried.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tsunami 海啸

=[日] 津波 つなみ

A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, usually an ocean, but can occur in large lakes.

Tycoon 业界大亨，将军

=[日] 大君 たいくん

A business magnate, sometimes referred to as a capitalist, czar, mogul, tycoon, baron, oligarch, or industrialist, is an informal term used to refer to a person who has reached a prominent place in a particular industry (or set of industries) and whose wealth has been derived primarily therefrom.

 

 

Zen 禅

=[日] 禅 ぜん

Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism.