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Wasei-eigo



are Japanese pseudo-Anglicisms: English constructions not in use in Anglophone countries nor by English native speakers, but only by speakers of Japanese. A more general term for made-in-Japan foreign words is wasei-gairaigo, which usually applies to words made from European languages.



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