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Re:Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin by weinzierl on Thursday July 20, 2023 @02:20AM (#36797410)
Brazil is home to the largest Japanese population outside Japan.

I bet they brought a couple of Japanese words to Brazilian Portuguese too.

Re:Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin by mixmastamyk on Thursday July 20, 2023 @03:09AM (#36797658)
Hashi for chopsticks I believe.
Re:Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin by DanielHB on Thursday July 20, 2023 @04:17AM (#36798028)
In Brazil when we play rock-paper-scissors we say "Jan Ken Po"
Re:Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin by glimshe on Thursday July 20, 2023 @05:51AM (#36798519)
Probably more in Sao Paulo or areas with a large Japanese population. Never heard of this in Rio de Janeiro.
Re:Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin by closewith on Thursday July 20, 2023 @06:21AM (#36798685)
Pedra, papel e tesoura in Minas, anyway.
Re:Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin by swah on Thursday July 20, 2023 @06:48AM (#36798834)
Same in Porto Alegre. If I heard "Jo-kem-po" I'd think someone from a younger generation that learned those works from some TV series.
Re:Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin by rodrigodlu on Thursday July 20, 2023 @08:46AM (#36799677)
I can provide my anecdote. I prefer jokempo, and I miss meetings with other nerds in the CCMQ and going to Jambo bookstore. Late 90s. Then using this with colleagues at the local universities.
Re:Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin by forestwisp on Thursday July 20, 2023 @07:06AM (#36798932)
I'm from Amapá and as a kid (~30 years ago) I remember hearing "jo-ken-pô" a lot. Not anymore as an adult (people just say "pedra-papel-tesoura") but if you said jo-ken-pô I'm sure people would understand what you meant.
Re:Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin by Vox_Leone on Thursday July 20, 2023 @08:40AM (#36799626)
And this is the first time in my long life I see it actually written down! :)
Re:Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin by DanielHB on Sunday July 23, 2023 @07:46AM (#36834473)
I had to look up how to spell it haha
Re:Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin by Morthanc on Thursday July 20, 2023 @04:17AM (#36798029)
The two that comes to mind is rock-paper-scissors, which we call "jokenpô", that is similar to the japanese 'jankenpon'. Chopsticks are "hashis" like already mentioned.

Also, we call soy-sauce "shoyu", which is the japanese for soy.

Re:Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin by kinow on Thursday July 20, 2023 @07:37AM (#36799116)
Probably caqui too (from kaki), and kabocha (same name). And other food depending on where you are in Brazil (manju, dorayaki, gobo, rakyo, azuki, wasabi, ra-men, udon, ...).

Other words are used in management, like in English (kaizen, kaban).

And in games & sports, besides jokenpo, there's also kendama that's sometimes used (bilboque in portuguese? That toy Chaves & Kiko always fight for :). Judogi, sensei, most judo moves are not translated as in English and we use the Japanese version in Portuguese too. Some in anime and tech, like mecha, otaku, manga, anime, mangaka.

And in the Brazilin-Japanese community it's common to switch to a version of Portuguese that mixes some words that were widely used: benjo (bathroom), kusai (smelly), gohan (food, rice), kitanai (dirty), se-no (ready-set). That varies in each region and community, but it's common to switch to use these old-fashion words like benjo, which is how all my family spoke in the countrysde of Sao Paulo, but sounds redneck/wrong if you say that to a Japanese nowadays.

Re:Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin by balder1991 on Thursday July 20, 2023 @09:00AM (#36799813)
Tsunami, emoji, soja, jo-ken-pô, judô, karatê, sushi, origami.

Because of Japanese immigration, there’s a lot of people in the Southeast with Japanese last names.