和製【わせい】、和語【わご】。。。わt's the diff?


So looking it up it translated to 和製 means "Japanese made" and 和語 means
"Native Japanese".

But aren't native Japanese words Japanese made (not taken from Chinese)?




和製 is typically used in the phrase 和製英語, 'Japanese-made English'. This refers
to English words and phrases coined in Japan, often with meanings that aren't
clear to native English speakers. Think of things like 'office lady', '2LDK',
'jet coaster', and so on.

和語 is, as you say, typically used to mean native Japanese vocabulary. I'm more
used to seeing that called 大和言葉, but 和語 means mostly the same thing.

