This page compiles interesting Katakana words whose meaning is slightly different from the original foreign word.
イメージ
![210615 image 210615 image](https://www.easyjapanesee.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210615-image-300x300.png)
イメージ is the transliteration of the English word "image" but with a slightly different meanin...
デモ
![210608 デモ 210608 デモ](https://www.easyjapanesee.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/210608-デモ-300x300.png)
デモ is the transliteration of the English word "demo" which is a shortened form of "demonstration...
マーガリン
![210608 Margarine 210608 Margarine](https://www.easyjapanesee.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/210608-Margarine-300x300.png)
マーガリン is the transliteration of "margarine." If you forget "ga" in "margarine" is pronounc...
ドライブ
![210525-ドライブ-1 210525-ドライブ-1](https://www.easyjapanesee.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/210525-ドライブ-1-300x300.png)
The Katakana word ドライブ is used quite differently from the original English word, "drive." Th...
テンション
![210511 テンション 210511 テンション](https://www.easyjapanesee.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/210511-テンション-300x300.png)
テンション in Japanese is quite different from its origin "tension." This post explains what it...
ネイティブ
![210427 ネイティブ 210427 ネイティブ](https://www.easyjapanesee.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/210427-ネイティブ-300x300.png)
ネイティブ is the Katakana transliteration of the English word "native" but what it means is qu...
リベンジ
![210420-リベンジ 210420-リベンジ](https://www.easyjapanesee.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/210420-リベンジ-300x300.png)
It seems the word リベンジ seems to have obtained a citizenship in Japanese. It is a translitera...
コマーシャル
![210309-コマーシャル 210309-コマーシャル](https://www.easyjapanesee.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/210309-コマーシャル-300x300.png)
I haven’t written about Katakana words for a while but what our prime minister, Mr Suga, said ...