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Originally Posted by MMM
I am curious where in Japan 20% of Japanese language is katakana English...I think it is more like 2% at best, but it depends on what industry you are in. But yes, I am not talking foreign words adopted into Japanese but words that are not adopted. English speakers understand "samurai" and "sayonara" and "bento" but words like kawaii and kakkoii and sugoi are not in the regular vernacular.
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I am mostly speaking in terms of modern language and the frequency in which loanwords (a lot of which come from English) are used.
Even so, the simple fact that a katakana dictionary can have more than 48,000 entries, tells me that the frequency of katakana being used even in everyday language must be way above 2%.
Just pay close attention next time you read something, or even talk to somebody. I mean I know it all still depends, but it's a lot.
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