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Kanban (Japanese: 看板 meaning signboard) is a scheduling system for lean manufacturing (also called just-in-time manufacturing, abbreviated JIT). [2] Taiichi Ohno, an industrial engineer at Toyota, developed kanban to improve manufacturing efficiency. [3] The system takes its name from the cards that track production within a factory.
Some words are simple transliterations of Japanese language words for concepts inherent to Japanese culture. The words on this page are an incomplete list of words which are listed in major English dictionaries and whose etymologies include Japanese. The reverse of this list can be found at List of gairaigo and wasei-eigo terms.
This is a list of dictionaries considered authoritative or complete by approximate number of total words, or headwords, included. number of words in a language. [1] [2] In compiling a dictionary, a lexicographer decides whether the evidence of use is sufficient to justify an entry in the dictionary.
Gairaigo are Japanese words originating from, or based on, foreign-language, generally Western, terms.These include wasei-eigo (Japanese pseudo-anglicisms).Many of these loanwords derive from Portuguese, due to Portugal's early role in Japanese-Western interaction; Dutch, due to the Netherlands' relationship with Japan amidst the isolationist policy of sakoku during the Edo period; and from ...
You clearly don't understand how borrowing works. All English words of Japanese origin were borrowed into English. "English word of Japanese origin" means the same thing as "Japanese word borrowed into English". See loanword. Nohat 11:02, 16 January 2006 (UTC) It is true that all English words of Japanese origin were borrowed into English.
The following is a list of notable print, electronic, and online Japanese dictionaries. This is a sortable table : clicking the arrows in the header cells will cause the table rows to sort based on the selected column, in ascending order first, and subsequently toggling between ascending and descending order.
Japanese words and phrases (17 C, 386 P) ... List of English words of Japanese origin; Engrish; G. List of gairaigo and wasei-eigo terms; Glossary of anime and manga;
The language already has plenty of equaivalent words. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) 14:19, 13 August 2012 (UTC) Probably better known in the martial arts community than turtles. I know of no equivalent word in English.