Katakana words

This page compiles interesting Katakana words whose meaning is slightly different from the original foreign word.

アイス

10 June, 2019

サンド

3 June, 2019

When you saw the picture, did you think I ate “sand” there? Sand there was very nice, bu

グリーンティー

27 May, 2019

Tea in Japanese is お茶（ちゃ）(ocha) and if you ask for お茶 in Japan, you will probably ge

サイダー = Cider?

20 May, 2019

The caption in the photo says: お祭（まつ）りの日（ひ）にはサイダーが飲（の）

マッシュルーム

13 May, 2019

マッシュルーム is the transliteration of the English word “mushroom.” Some people

リストラ

6 May, 2019

リストラ is not the Japanese word for bells. リストラ is a relatively new word in Japanese.

パート

29 April, 2019

Last week I talked about アルバイト and this week I’m going to talk about パート in th

アルバイト

22 April, 2019

アルバイトアルバイト comes from the German word "arbeit" which means "work

ビニール

15 April, 2019

ビニールビニール is the transliteration of the English word “vinyl” but what it

レッスン

8 April, 2019

レッスン is the transliteration of "lesson" in English, but the meaning is much narrower than "l

Panku

1 April, 2019

パンク My non-Japanese speaking husband was almost ecstatic when he took this photo. “Punk&

Da-su

25 March, 2019

If I say ビール１ダースください, how many bottles of beer would I get? The answer is t

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