Sino-Japanese words (Japanese vocabulary of Chinese origin); words formed from Chinese characters and readings.
『経済』や『文化』などは典型的な漢語だ。
'Keizai' (economy) and 'bunka' (culture) are typical Sino-Japanese words.
漢語は和語や外来語と並んで日本語の主要な語彙層を形成する。
Sino-Japanese words, together with native Japanese and loanwords, form major layers of Japanese vocabulary.
漢語を学ぶと語彙が一気に増えることが多い。
Learning Sino-Japanese words often greatly increases one's vocabulary.
The language of the Han people; historically used to refer to the Chinese language.
古い文献では『漢語』という語が中国語を指すことがある。
In old texts, the term 'kango' is sometimes used to mean the Chinese language.
学者は漢語と日本語の借用関係を比較した。
The scholar compared borrowing relationships between Chinese and Japanese.