Re: [Lingo] List of new words in Japanese

[Niels Kobschätzki <n.kobschaetzki@example.com>]

On 平成21/11/06, at 23:11, Jim Breen wrote:

> 2009/11/7 Niels Kobschätzki <n.kobschaetzki@example.com>:
> > I am searching for a list of words that are newly introduced into  
> > Japanese
> > (in the last 5 - 10 years). I mean words like ヤメール (breaking  
> > up via e-mail),
> > スタバル (going to starbucks) or オン寝 (falling asleep while  
> > waiting on an answer
> > while chatting or while waiting on a reply on an e-mail). Maybe  
> > something
> > like urbandictionary.com but for Japanese.
> > Does anybody know a resource in the web for such words (best in  
> > list-form)
> > or has a good idea for what I could google (I tried
> > 新たな　言葉、現代的　言葉、新言葉、新単語、新 
> > しい　言葉).
>
> I'd like a list like that.
>
> Googling for "現代用語" + "リスト" might be of use. Note that  
> there are
> many books of "現代用語"; some published annually.
>
> The "hatena" WWW site has a lot of new words explained too.
>
> Good luck

Thanks but I am not really finding what I search but with a lively  
language like Japanese it seems to be a whole lot different compared  
to English or German
Btw. the 日本語俗語辞書 could be interested for some here: http://zo 
kugo-dict.com/

Also the monthly rankings of internet slang by goo: http://ranking.goo.ne.jp/ranking/092/netslangrank_month/

Niels

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