[jap-lish] /ˈdʒæp lɪʃ/

spoken or written with a large admixture of words and expressions.
spoken or written with features characteristic of .
the adoption and adaptation of English words into the Japanese language Also called Japanglish

“Japanese with many English words,” 1960, from Japanese + English.


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