(ぞうご)

ぞうご
noun, suru verb
coined word; neologism; coinage
language
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present造語(ぞうご)する造語(ぞうご)しない
Present polite造語(ぞうご)します造語(ぞうご)しません
Past造語(ぞうご)した造語(ぞうご)しなかった
Past polite造語(ぞうご)しました造語(ぞうご)しませんでした
て form造語(ぞうご)して造語(ぞうご)しなくて
ている present造語(ぞうご)している造語(ぞうご)していない
ている polite造語(ぞうご)しています造語(ぞうご)していません
ている past造語(ぞうご)していた造語(ぞうご)していなかった
ている past polite造語(ぞうご)していました造語(ぞうご)していませんでした
Conditional ば造語(ぞうご)すれば造語(ぞうご)しなければ
Conditional たら造語(ぞうご)したら造語(ぞうご)しなかったら
Volitional造語(ぞうご)しよう
Volitional polite造語(ぞうご)しましょう
Potential造語(ぞうご)できる造語(ぞうご)できない
Passive造語(ぞうご)される造語(ぞうご)されない
Causative造語(ぞうご)させる造語(ぞうご)させない
Imperative造語(ぞうご)しろ造語(ぞうご)するな
1. coined word; neologism; coinage
coined word; neologism; coinage
「リモハラ」リモートハラスメント造語(ぞうご)だ。
'Rimohara' is a coined word for remote harassment.
New coined words are being born one after another from social media.
That author frequently uses self-coined words in their works.
This word is a neologism, so it is not in the dictionary.
2. word coinage; the act of creating new words
word coinage; the act of creating new words
In the Meiji era, many Sino-Japanese words were coined to express Western concepts.
That author frequently uses self-coined words in their works.
In scientific fields, coining new words becomes necessary with each new discovery.

Can refer both to the resulting new word and to the process of creating it. Japanese is highly productive in word coinage, particularly through combining kanji compounds, abbreviation of katakana words, and blending. Many words that are now standard Japanese were originally 造語(ぞうご) from the Meiji era.

Common collocations

  • 造語(ぞうご)(つく): create a coined word
  • 造語(ぞうご)(りょく): word-coining ability/productivity
  • 和製(わせい)造語(ぞうご): Japanese-made coined word

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