wasei kango

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) Words coined in Japanese that are based on Chinese characters.
 * 2) Japanese coinages using Chinese roots, not originally in use in Chinese-speaking countries nor by Chinese native speakers, but only by speakers of Japanese.

Usage notes
Although invented in Japan, some of these terms, such as have been reimported to Chinese, as. This is typical of orthographic borrowings to Chinese from Chinese-character based scripts; for example is pronounced differently but written the same (or in simplified form), as, also meaning Tokyo.