かんご

See also: かんこ and がんこ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of かんご – see the following entries.

【漢語】	[noun] kango, a class of lexical items derived from Classical Chinese, composed of words that: [noun] retain their original meanings in Classical Chinese, such as 天 (ten, “heaven”), 天下 (tenka, “the world”) or 菩薩 (bosatsu, “bodhisattva”) [noun] were repurposed to translate Western concepts, such as 社会 (shakai, “society”), 文化 (bunka, “culture”), 過渡 (kato, “transition”) or 博士 (hakushi, “doctor”) [noun] were newly coined from Classical Chinese syllables, morphemes or graphemes, such as 出超 (shutchō, “trade surplus”) or 腺 (sen, “gland”) [noun] were not borrowed from spoken Chinese or non-Classical-Chinese texts, nothing such as 北京 (Pekin, “Beijing”), 銭 (zeni, “money”) or 博士 (hakase, “doctor”) [noun] (less commonly) the Chinese language [noun] the ancient Chinese language, the language of the Han (漢／汉 (hàn)) ethnicity
【韓語】	[noun] Korean language
【喚語】	[noun] to think of something that wants to be said

(This term, かんご, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 閑語.)

For pronunciation and definitions of かんご – see the following entries.

【看護】	[noun] nursing [verb] to nurse, care for
【観護】	[noun] watching over [verb] to watch over
【監護】	[noun] custody and care [verb] to take custody and care
【歓語】	[noun] having fun while talking together [verb] to have fun while talking together

(This term, かんご, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 歓娯, 刊誤, 款晤, 款語, 閑語, 感悟.)

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