Katakana is that wonderful part of the Japanese language that makes you feel a bit silly when you are saying an English word in a way that just feels wrong; but as most Japanese learners will know,not all katakana words came from English. Some of them are entirely Japanese creations, and some arrive from other foreign languages. This article looks at six katakana words that you probably wouldn’t guess the meaning of as an English speaker. 1. ラッコ (rakko) jp.fotolia.com/ ラコ, and sometimes written using the kanji 海獺,means sea otter in Japanese. Of course, “rakko” sounds nothing like its English equivalent. The word actually comes from the language of […]
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