マスコミ

マスコミ · masukomi · JLPT N3 · noun

communication

📰📺 masu + komi = MASs COMMunication, cut short Japanese-style

A wasei-eigo clipping: Japanese takes the first sounds of each English word, as with パソコン from personal computer. It usually means the mass media itself: the press, TV and news outlets.

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