List: Words coming from French
Gairaigo: Words adopted from French
gairaigo French origin noun noun (generic)
- humanism
gairaigo French origin noun noun (generic)
- pensioner
gairaigo French origin noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- rendezvous (with a romantic partner), date
- rendezvous (of two spacecraft)
gairaigo French origin noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- eurhythmics
gairaigo French origin noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- linen
gairaigo French origin noun noun (generic)
- Legion of Honour, highest order of merit in France
gairaigo French origin noun noun (generic)
- summary, digest, outline, abstract
gairaigo French origin popular rarely used kana form ateji rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- romance (e.g. Arthurian romances), heroic tale
- (nigh) impossible dream, adventurous spirit, great undertaking, epic adventure
- (full-length) novel
- romance, love affair
- romanticism
gairaigo French origin noun noun (generic)
- musical competition
gairaigo French origin noun noun (generic)
- gaiter, puttee