借用語

Noun

 * 1)  loanword; borrowing

Etymology
Compound of.

Noun

 * 1)  a borrowing, a loanword

Usage notes
The term is sometimes used with a narrower meaning, indicating only those loanwords that have been borrowed mostly from European languages since the Meiji era, in contrast to the broader meaning sometimes used for, which may also include ancient Ainu and Sanskrit borrowings and earlier Portuguese borrowings, as well as vocabulary borrowed between dialects of Japanese. However, both terms usually exclude, those terms originally borrowed from Middle Chinese.