Japanese-made Chinese words adopted into Korean
In the table below are examples of Japanese-made Chinese compound words adopted into Korean. Judging from a quick glance, quite a few of the concepts likely entered the Japanese language from German, rather than English.
Kanji | Romaji | Korean | English |
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直接 | chokusetsu | 직접 | direct |
注射 | chūsha | 주사 | injection |
出口 | deguchi | 출구 | exit |
伝染病 | densenbyō | 전염병 | contagious disease |
電子 | denshi | 전자 | electron |
動脈 | dōmyaku | 동맥 | artery |
原子 | denshi | 원자 | atom |
百貨店 | yakkaten | 백화점 | department store |
入口 | iriguchi | 입구 | entrance |
時間 | jikan | 시간 | time |
決算 | kessan | 계산 | closing of accounts |
企業 | kigyō | 기업 | business |
小型 | kogata | 소형 | compact |
工業 | kōgyō | 공업 | industry |
広告 | kōkoku | 광고 | advertisement |
国際 | kokusai | 국제 | international |
空間 | kǖkan | 공간 | space |
民族 | minzoku | 민족 | people |
農民 | nōmin | 농민 | farmer |
大型 | ōgata | 대형 | large scale |
歴史 | rekishi | 역사 | history |
劣勢 | ressei | 열세 | inferiority |
政党 | seitō | 정당 | political party |
社会 | shakai | 사회 | society |
市場 | shijō | 시장 | market |
自然科学 | shizen kagaku | 자연과학 | natural science |
所得税 | shotokuzei | 소득세 | income tax |
出版 | shuppan | 출판 | publishing |
主体 | shutai | 주제 | main subject |
相対 | sōtai | 상대 | relative |
体育 | taiiku | 체육 | physical education |
体操 | taisō | 체조 | calisthenics |
投資 | tōshi | 투자 | investment |
優勢 | yǖsei | 우세 | superiority |
絶対 | zettai | 절대 | absolute |
人民共和国 | jinmin kyōwakoku | 인민공화국 | people's republic |