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日本一名71岁的男子起诉日本广播协会(NHK),称该机构的新闻和娱乐节目中过多使用英语外来词,使其感情受到伤害,并向该机构索赔140万日元(约合人民币88213元)。
A disgruntled(不满的) viewer is suing Japan's national broadcaster for "mental distress1" caused by an excessive use of words borrowed from English.
"The basis of his concern is that Japan is being too Americanized," his lawyer Mutsuo Miyata told the news agency AFP.
English became more prevalent in Japan after World War II during the US-led occupation.
This was followed by a growing interest in American pop culture.
The country's modern vocabulary is littered with borrowed words, many of which are changed to fit the Japanese phonic structure.
Mr Takahashi, who is a member of a campaign group supporting the Japanese language, highlighted words such as "toraburu" (trouble), "risuku" (risk) and "shisutemu" (system) in NHK's news and entertainment programs.
He accused NHK of irresponsibility by refusing to use native Japanese equivalents.
"With Japanese society increasingly Americanized, Takahashi believes that NHK, as Japan's national broadcaster, shouldn't go with the trend, but remain determined3 to prioritize the use of Japanese, which he thinks would go a long way toward protecting Japanese culture," Mr Miyata told the Japan Times on Wednesday.
Mr Takahashi filed his complaint on Tuesday with the Nagoya District Court in the central Chubu region of Japan, the newspaper said.
NHK said it would not comment until it had studied the legal documents.
Other examples of English words often used in Japanese include:
terebi (TV)
rajio (radio)
konpuraiansu (compliance)
koraboreeshon (collaboration)
dejitaru (digital)
taoru (towel)
Vocabulary is also borrowed from other foreign languages. The German "arbeit" becomes "arubaito" to mean work, and the Portuguese4 "pao" is used as "pan" for bread.
Other commonly used "loanwords" are the German "kindergarten", "zeitgeist" and "blitz" as well as French terms such as "faux-pas", "decor" and "cafe".
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