ハンサム

ハンサム · hansamu · JLPT N3 · na-adj

handsome

😎 ハンサム = handsome, borrowed from English and said in Japanese sounds: ha-n-sa-mu

A katakana loanword: English handsome becomes hansamu once it is fitted to Japanese syllables, which turn the final m into mu. It is used for good-looking men, often in the form ハンサムな人 (a handsome person).

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