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16 English words that come from Japanese: karaoke, origami, tsunami, tofu…
Improve your English vocabulary with these 16 words that come from Japanese! It is common for languages to borrow words from each other, especially when the word represents something that is found originally in a different culture. For example, the word “futon” in English is borrowed from the Japanese language to represent a folding bed. We use many words that are borrowed from Japanese without even knowing it. In this lesson, I will teach you 16 words that are originally Japanese but that we frequently use in English, likekaraoke, emoji, katana, kamikaze, bonsai, haiku, sensei, tycoon, panko, tofu, zen, and more. This vocabulary lesson is for everyone regardless of level.
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Thanks Ronnie!!
Thanks Ronnie!
Great ! Easy to learn and remember
From what I see , you know the grade 1 kanjis :D
There is a small lack at nami kanji of the tsunami.
I’m also learning Japanese these days and having so much fun :D
For now I got used to exact 462 different kanji,but still there is a long way waiting on this journey.
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I got 9/10 wrong number 6, so now i remmebered Futon mean a bed and futon isn’t a couch. Thank Ronnie a lot
thank you very much
In the city that I live, there’s a new brand of bread called ‘panko’. I guess all these words were borrowed to brazilian portuguese as well.
Greetings from brazil!
Hi teacher I want to learn English
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10/10 – Thanks Ronnie. You are amazing =)
thanksssss Ronnie!!
10/10! You are amazing teacher!
Hello everyone
10/10 … your expression was funny but you are awesome tutor.
thank you.
Thank you Ronnie
Great lesson ! i actually started to make some origamis in my leisure time & i ve just discovered some new words in ur lesson
oh my god, I did it
yes,it’s so good
Thank you Ronnie
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9/9! Good! Here also have some words same with Chinese.
thanks