List of wasei-eigo

This is a list of wasei-eigo, i.e., list of Japanese pseudo-Anglicisms, or words based on English language but usually not actually used in English. Some of them, such as "salaryman", were borrowed back into English from Japanese culture.

Wasei-eigo (Romanized notation)	Word structure (in English)	Meaning
アイスキャンディー (aisukyandî)	ice + candy	Popsicle, ice lolly
アウトコース (autokôsu)	out + course	outside pitch, outside track
アフターサービス (afutâsâbisu)	after + service	service, service under warranty, after-sale(s) service, repair service, customer service
イエキャブ (ie-kyabu)	yellow + cab	a parochial point of view that female Japanese foreign students easily provide a Caucasian male with an opportunity to have sex.
イメージクラブ (imēji-kurabu)	image + club	type of brothel in which staff dress in costumes (schoolgirl, nurse, etc.)
インコース (inkôsu)	in　+ course	inside pitch, inside track
オイルショック (oirusyokku)	oil + shock	oil crisis
オーダーメード (ôdâmêdo)	order + made	made-to-order, custom-made
オーエル (ôeru, OL)	office + lady	female office worker
オープンカー (ôpunkâ)	open + car	convertible
カーセックス (kāsekkusu)	car + sex	public display of making love in a car
ガードマン (gâdoman)	guard + man	guard, security guard
ガソリンスタンド (gasorinsutando)	gasoline + stand	gas station, petrol station
キャッチボール (kyachibôru)	catch + ball	play catch
サイダー (saidâ)	cider	carbonated drink
サラリーマン (sararîman)	salary　+　man	white-collar worker, office worker, salaried worker
サンドバッグ (sandobaggu) サンドバック (sandobakku)	sand + bag	punching bag
スキンシップ (sukinshippu)	skin + ship	physical contact
ダッチワイフ (datchi waifu)	Dutch + wife	Sex doll loved by Dutchmen.
ダンプカー (danpukâ)	dump + car	dump truck, dumper
チアガール (chiagâru)	cheer + girl	cheerleader
チェンジレバー (chyenjirebâ)	change + lever	gearshift, gear lever, gear stick
デコレーションケーキ (dekorêshonkêki)	decoration + cake	decorated cake
デリヘル (deriheru)	delivery + health	outcall service
ドライブイン (doraibuin)	drive + in	roadside restaurant
ナイター (naitâ)	night + -er	night game
ニューハーフ (nūhāfu)	new + half	transsexual, the new-found neutral between man and woman
バックネット (bakkunetto)	back + net	backstop
バックミラー (bakkumirâ)	back + mirror	rearview mirror
ピンサロ (pin-saro)	pink + salon	sex parlor
ファッションサロン (fashon-saron)	fashion + salon	fashionable salon. punched-up pinsaro
ファッション・ヘルス (fashon herusu)	fashion + health	fashionable health club
フィリピンパブ (Phirippin-pabu)	Philippines + pub	A bar with Philippine staff
フリーサイズ (furîsaizu)	free + size	one-size-fits-all
フリートーク (furîtôku)	free + talk	free conversation
ブルセラショップ (buru-sera shoppu)	bloomer + sailor suit + shop	a shop that buys used underwear or sailor suits from female high school students and sells them to men
プレイガイド (pureigaido)	play + guide	ticket agency
フロントガラス (furontogarasu)	front + glass	windshield
ペーパーテスト (pêpâtesuto)	paper + test	written examination, written test
ペーパードライバー (pêpâdoraibâ)	paper + driver	driver without experience
ベッドタウン (beddotaun) ベットタウン (bettotaun)	bed + town	commuter town, bedroom suburbs
ベビーカー (bebîkâ)	baby + car	baby carriage, stroller
ヘルスメーター (herusumêtâ)	health + meter	bathroom scale
ホテトル (Hotetoru)	Hotel + Turkish bath	Massage brothel held in a hotel room.
ホテヘル (hoteheru)	hotel + health club	health club held in a hotel room.
マントル (Mantoru)	Mansion + Turkish bath	Sweating-bath held in a room of a mansion.
ラブドール (rabu dōru)	Love + doll	Sex doll made of silicone
ラブホテル (rabu hoteru)	love + hotel	a hotel designed purely for sexual liaisons
ランジェリーパブ (ranjerī-pabu)	Lingerie + pub	A public house in which the waitresses work in their underwear.
ランニングホームラン (ranninguhômuran)	running + home run	inside-the-park home run

See also

• Engrish