"Jenglish" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Blend of Japanese + English",
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  "etymology_text": "Blend of Japanese + English; compare Singlish, Yinglish, etc.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1997, James W. Rinehart, Christopher Huxley & David Robertson, Just Another Car Factory?: Lean Production and Its Discontents\nThat this company is half Japanese-owned is obvious. Japanese words spelled out in English (what someone referred to as “Jenglish”) are used and posted throughout the plant."
        },
        {
          "text": "1998, Robert Brenner & Gregory Capelo, VCR Troubleshooting & Repair\nSince many VCRs are designed and built in Japan, a mixture of Japanese-to-English writing style sometimes called “Japanenglish” or “Jenglish” is often found in much documentation. This makes some of the expressions difficult to understand."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Dan in Japan: jenglish (website)",
          "text": "What is Jenglish (pronounced jing-lish)? It's all of the funny English in Japan that you see on signs, books, T-shirts, vending machines... it's everywhere. ... it doesn't quite have that \"native English speaker\" nuance."
        },
        {
          "text": "2001, Nancy Brown Diggs, Looking Beyond the Mask: When American Women Marry Japanese Men\nShe also thinks that “being so close to the culture has ruined my English. I have had to choose easier words, shorter sentences, ... We call it ‘Jinglish,’ Japanese-English.”"
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        "Japanese-influenced English, especially when nonstandard or ungrammatical."
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          "Japanese",
          "Japanese"
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        {
          "word": "Janglish"
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          "word": "Jinglish"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡlɪʃ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋɡlɪʃ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Jenglish"
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  "lang": "English",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "1997, James W. Rinehart, Christopher Huxley & David Robertson, Just Another Car Factory?: Lean Production and Its Discontents\nThat this company is half Japanese-owned is obvious. Japanese words spelled out in English (what someone referred to as “Jenglish”) are used and posted throughout the plant."
        },
        {
          "text": "1998, Robert Brenner & Gregory Capelo, VCR Troubleshooting & Repair\nSince many VCRs are designed and built in Japan, a mixture of Japanese-to-English writing style sometimes called “Japanenglish” or “Jenglish” is often found in much documentation. This makes some of the expressions difficult to understand."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Dan in Japan: jenglish (website)",
          "text": "What is Jenglish (pronounced jing-lish)? It's all of the funny English in Japan that you see on signs, books, T-shirts, vending machines... it's everywhere. ... it doesn't quite have that \"native English speaker\" nuance."
        },
        {
          "text": "2001, Nancy Brown Diggs, Looking Beyond the Mask: When American Women Marry Japanese Men\nShe also thinks that “being so close to the culture has ruined my English. I have had to choose easier words, shorter sentences, ... We call it ‘Jinglish,’ Japanese-English.”"
        }
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        "Japanese-influenced English, especially when nonstandard or ungrammatical."
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          "English"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡlɪʃ/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Janglish"
    },
    {
      "word": "Engrish"
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    {
      "word": "Jinglish"
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  "word": "Jenglish"
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