anon_jyra received

in thread "It's The Asian Century":

At this point 'Asian' is an abbreviation for 'East Asian', at least in California. It is an abuse of notation but in my experience South Asians are referred to by other terms, say 'Indian' or 'brown'. For what it's worth I don't mind people calling me a ye... 2w ago received

At this point 'Asian received

I agree with jewishman about checking for neologisms. The three later compounds for 'characteristic', 'society' and 'ideology' appear to be Western imports originating from the Meiji-era.... 2w ago received

I agree with jewishm received

Apologies for the extra post. The better phrasing is that those three two-character compounds are translations of Western concepts made by Japanese scholars during the Meiji-era. Such vocabulary is in tight correspondence with other internationalisms such ... 2w ago received

Apologies for the ex received

It's straightforward enough to create nouns or other concepts from (Classical) Chinese ad nauseum. The whole point during the Meiji Restoration was to have words that were from the West but had no previous equivalent.... 5d ago received

It's straightforward received