v-film n.— «Shimizu debuted in 2000 with two shot-on-video, released-to-video features (“V-films,” in Japanese parlance) called Ju-on (starring Kill Bill’s Chiaki Kuriyama) and Ju-on 2.» —“‘Grudge’ Match” by Andy Klein CityBEAT (Los Angeles...
netsuzo n.— «The practice of false reporting is so commonplace among the nonestablishment Japanese press that journalists have coined a term for it: netsuzo, or “the manufacturing of the news.”» —“‘A Public Betrayed’: Establishment Press Leaks Tips...
potato n.— «Stan Hansen pinned Kenta Kobashi in a stiff brawl that appeared to have a potato bust open Kobashi’s nose.» —“japanese tv” by Dave Scherer (dave.scherer@execnet.com) Usenet: rec.sport.pro-wrestling May 12, 1992. (source: Double-Tongued...
RDP n.— «How about RDP? The term means, “Re-use Domestic Products,” the total sum of money spent on buying used goods. Most likely, the Japanese came up with the term, which cannot be found in dictionaries, for Japanese economists use it most...
oyayubi sedai n.— «So important has the thumb become on gadgets in Japan, where text messaging caught on earlier, that a certain demographic group is referred to as oyayubi sedai, “the thumb generation.”» —“All Thumbs, Without the Stigma” by Matt...
saiko n.— «In Japanese, “Saiko” means “the best.” In Korean, however, saiko means the same as the English word “psycho.”» —“Of their own kind: Author for the 20-somethings” by Shin Hae-in Korea Herald (Seoul) Aug. 4, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued...