Foreign words with different meanings

I found there’re a lot of foreign words which we use are sometimes different meanings, for example “coach” is not the one which we use for. In soccer it’s used for “kantoku” and in baseball “kantoku” is “manager” in English.

There’re other words as long as I checked.

hochikisu – stapler

book cover – book jacket

seal – sticker

trump- cards

claim – complaint

mansion- apartment

stove – heater

rinse – conditioner

What else do you notice?

6 thoughts on “Foreign words with different meanings

  1. Good morning⛄⛄⛄
    Foreign words is difficult and Japanese words too😅😵😱😲
    I don’t know
    Claim-Complaint
    I really think claim is right❗
    For example
    Golden hour-Primetime
    Fasner-Zipper
    Mixer-Blender etc…

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    1. You’re a really good learner to have other samples. Good to hear those words..,thank you.
      Today’s snow fall is heavier than yesterday….I don’t want to go out😩

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  2. You often say to us that don’t think in Japanese.
    This is probably because English sentences and Japanese sentences are made differently..
    In addition, the “Katakana” we use often is not English.
    I didn’t know that S was attached to glasses or pants.
    Foreign languages are difficult.
    By the way,
    The weather forecast said that snow will not fall a lot after this.
    I go out because I want to do some shopping.

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    1. It fell and amounted more today than yesterday but feel not so cold than yesterday. It seems cold weather is disappearing for a while.

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  3. I examined the ”Foreign words with different meanings” that you mentioned as example.

    ☆claim = to assert legitimacy or rights.
    ☆complaint = to say just complaints.

    ☆hochikisu = a Japanese-made English and the name of the person who invented this.
    ☆stapler = a device for fastening together sheets of paper with a staple.

    ☆book cover = the front cover of a book(本の表紙そのもの)
    ☆book jacket = the covering over the outside of the front cover to protect or decorate the surface of the book.(本の表紙を保護或いは装飾するためのカバー)

    I will show you one of the other example of me.

    ☆pharmacy = where the pharmacist dispenses the medicine based on the prescription given at the hospital.
    ☆drugstore = where commercially available medicines are on sale.

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    1. We have lots of foreign words adopted into Japanese but sometimes we use our own way to short it cut. For example, nighter for night game, air con for air conditioner, rimocon for remote controller, depart for department store, and so on. They’re almost Japanese new words not English because they can’t make sense for English. Japanese is said to be flexible to the cultural differences, isn’t it?

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