Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·Japanese ·1860s
Hibachi
from hibachi
- Meaning
- A small charcoal grill.
- Source word
- hibachi
- Route into English
- Japanese *hibachi* (fire bowl) → American English. The Japanese original is a heating brazier, not a cooking grill; the American "hibachi" is a mistranslation that stuck.
- Arrived
- 1860s
From Japanese
Two waves — Meiji-era diplomatic contact (1850s–1900s) and post-war US military presence (1945–) account for almost all Japanese loans in general English.
English borrows.
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