エネルギー

エネルギー · enerugii · JLPT N3 · noun

energy

⚡🔋 Borrowed from German Energie: e-ne-ru-gii is energy with a German accent

Japanese took this word from German Energie, not from English energy, which is why it has a hard g. The word goes back to Greek energeia, meaning activity or work. Say e-ne-ru-gii out loud and you can hear energy in it.

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