This page compiles interesting Katakana words whose meaning is slightly different from the original foreign word.
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ウィンナー
Do you know what ウィンナー is? Is it a “winner”?  No, you can buy ウィンナãƒ...
Purinto
When I was teaching English in Japan, I always used プリント in my class. Making プリント wa...
メーカー
メーカー is the transliteration of the English word “maker” but the meaning is sligh...
スピーカー
スピーカー is a Katakana transliteration of the English word “speaker.” スピーã‚...
スニーカー
Today is カタカナ ã‹ã‚ˆã†ã³ and today’s word is スニーカー. In Australia, we call ...
セーター
In Australia, we call this a “jumper” but ジャンパー in Japanese usually indicates ...
アパート
アパート in Japan are usually for rent 賃貸（ã¡ã‚“ãŸã„） and the building is not that...
メイク/メーク
Today is Katakana Tuesday and today’s word is メイク or メーク. If you can read Katakana, I ...
Plastic Bags=プラスãƒãƒƒã‚¯ã®ã‚«ãƒãƒ³ï¼Ÿ
It has been a while since free “single-use plastic bags†have disappeared from big supermarkets ...
プリン
Today is Katakana Tuesday and today’s word is プリン. Do you know what it is? プ...
トランプ
Toranpu shimasenka If you can read katakana well, I’m sure you would have read it as “Trumpâ€, ...
ãƒãƒƒãƒ—
A "chip" as an electronic part is transliterated as ãƒãƒƒãƒ— but ãƒãƒƒãƒ— often means something el...
