Opinion | ‘Boomerang word’ katsu, a Japanese borrowing of the English cutlet, among 2024 Oxford English Dictionary new entries
The Oxford English Dictionary’s March 2024 update included a delectable 23 words of Japanese origin. More than half are food-related, including donburi, karaage, katsu, okonomiyaki, onigiri, takoyaki, tonkatsu, tonkotsu, yakiniku. …