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The Oxford English Dictionary’s latest update (late March.)
What are some Chinese, Korean words added to OED recently?
_____________OED’s latest update adds 23 Japanese words --
i'm not familiar with a Santoku Knife... is that a brand-name?
Isekai, a Japanese genre of fantasy fiction
involving a character being transported to or reincarnated in a
different, strange, or unfamiliar world, also made the OED.
---------- this genre was pioneered by the [Alice] books and
the one about the Lion and the Unicorn... wasn't it?
How is it a "Japanese genre" ???
___________New words of Japanese origin added to the OED in the March
2024 update
donburi, n.
hibachi, n.
isekai, n.
kagome, n.
karaage, n.
katsu, n.
katsu curry, n.
kintsugi, n.
kirigami, n.
mangaka, n.
okonomiyaki, n.
omotenashi, n.
onigiri, n.
santoku, n. <----------------------
shibori, n.
takoyaki, n.
tokusatsu, n.
tonkatsu, n.
tonkatsu sauce, n.
tonkotsu, n./1
tonkotsu, n./2
washi tape, n. <------- ???
yakiniku, n.
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