Where does the word tsumami come from? Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps Tsunami first appeared in a National Geographic Magazine article in 1896. Read more
First Japanese word in English? Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps The Japanese Contributions to the English Language: An Historical Dictionary (p27) cites six words that arrived in the 1500s: Read more
How did Japanese words enter the English language? Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps Oxford English Dictionary editor, John Simpson, explains how Japanese words entered English in three distinct historical phases. Read more
Where does the word tycoon come from? Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps Tycoon is usually translated into English as "great lord". Read more