Which of these ‘Japanese English’ expressions would you find in the Oxford English Dictionary? Which wouldn’t you find but a native English speaker might guess the meaning of anyway? Which would definitely need explaining? How would you explain them?
Walkman
Paper driver
Salaryman
Anime
A sayonara homerun
Hello work
J-pop
Golden week
Pair look
Recruit suit
Long seller
Cosplay
Karaoke
High teens = young people who are taking drugs or people who are between 15 and 19
A girl hunt = when men go out to pick up women or the time women go out to look for men
No make = the time when you wear no lipstick etc. or a product that has no branding
Season off = a holiday that is very long or the time when most people don’t take a holiday
A cutter = a knife that you use on paper or a person who takes out bad scenes from movies
A nighter = a baseball game that takes place after dark or a person who spends all evening in a disco
Home drama = a soap opera or a domestic accident
Free talking = a hands-free phone or an open discussion
A magic pen = a marker or something that writes with invisible ink
Non pro = being an amateur or being against something
To crank in = to start an old car or to start shooting a film
A meat shop = a pickup bar or a butcher’s
A plus driver = an elderly motorist or a Phillips screwdriver
A TV game=a quiz show that is on TV or a video game that you can play on your TV
2. My pace
3. A doctor stop
4. Heartful
5. Skinship
6. The virgin road
7. A key holder
8. BGM
9. NG
10. SL
11. A guard man
12. Recycle shop
13. A one room mansion
14. A bed town
15. Paper test
16. Sharp pen
17. A T back
18. A one piece
19. Game soft
20. Live house
21. My boom
22. Royal milk tea
23. A heading shoot
24. Guts pose
25. Back mirror
26. Front glass
27. A silver seat
28. Cool biz
29. An OL
30. CM
31. Freeter
32. Parasite singles
33. Panic movie
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