This is a list of words in Japanese, borrowed from Western languages (the language also has native words for many of these concepts). Can you come up with at least five principles that govern this kind of borrowing?
| Japanese | English |
|---|---|
| banana | banana |
| kamera | camera |
| abokado | avocado |
| terefon | telephone |
| bando | band |
| toranpetto | trumpet |
| seinto | saint |
| furendo | friend |
| furuuto | flute |
| abunoomaru | abnormal |
| terebijon | television |
| baiburu | Bible |
| jeneraru | general |
| pankurokku | punk rock |
| heriumu | helium |
| intaanetto | internet |
| tooneedo | tornado |
| intaanashonaru | international |