Re: Wikipedia's "List of English words of Japanese origin"

John J. Chew III <jjchew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> GAIJIN*GAIJIN n a foreigner in Japan

How come the other nouns get English plurals, but not this one?

> GOBANG*GOBANGS n a Japanese game

"GOBANG" is not a Japanese game.

> KIRIGAMI*KIRIGAMIS n the Japanese art of folding paper

Really?

> SATSUMA*SATSUMAS n a variety of orange

Yup. (But I thought it was Britgo only....)

> SEN n a monetary unit of Japan

Since when?

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