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Where does the word tsumami come from?

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The word Tsunami  first appeared in a National Geographic Magazine article in 1896.  On the evening of June 15, 1896, the northeast coast of Hondo, the main island of Japan, was struck by a tsunami, a great earthquake wave…

First Japanese word in English?

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The Japanese Contributions to the English Language: An Historical Dictionary  cites six words that arrived in the 1500s:

How salaryman returned to English from Japanese?

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Where does the word tycoon come from?

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Tycoon  is usually translated into English as "great lord".