Example sentences for: manshon

How can you use “manshon” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Some loanwords undergo a semantic shift, as with manshon high-class apartment block (from mansion ), konpanion female guide or hostess (from companion ), and baikingu buffet meal, smorgasbord (from Vi-king ). Clippings and blends are common, such as terebi television, masukomi mass communication, and wapuro word processor.

  • The Japanese have lately appropriated the English word mansion , respelled it manshon , and used it to signify not a large single dwelling but a high-rise apartment building.


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