Katakana

An eccentric mix of English, German and French has entered Japanese usage with grand abandon. A "kariya" woman is a career woman, and a "manshon" is an apartment. This increasing use of katakana, or unique Japanese versions of Western words, and the younger generation's more casual use of the Japanese language have 1 Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to worry that these new words may not be understood by a wider audience. 2, a government panel is proposing to publish a manual on how to speak proper Japanese. Foreign words became katakana Japanese 3 no existing Japanese words could quite capture a specific meaning or feeling. When the word "cool" traveled east, all of its English connotations did not make the journey. A kuru person in Japan is someone who is calm and never gets upset. 4, someone who is kakkoii is hip, or in translation, "cool." 5, a hotto person is one, who is easily excitable, perhaps passionate, but not necessarily a popular person or personality of the moment.