Chapter 1: Loanwords in Japan

1.1 Western Loanwords and Japan Today

1.2 What are Gairaigo and Katakanago?

1.3 Gairaigo Controversies

1.4 Key Questions and Focal Points

Chapter 2: For or Against?

2.1 Language and Identity

2.2: Public Opinions

2.3: Advantages and Disadvantages

2.4: Why the Polemic?

2.5: Gairaigo and Nihongo Dichotomy

2.6: Nihongo and Kokugo

Chapter 3: Inundating or Absorbed?

3.1: Textual Data

3.2: Time Frame

3.3: Method of Analysis

3.4: Recurrent Verbs

3.5: Implications

Chapter 4: Japanese or Foreign?

4.1: Nihongo, the Japanese language, and Gairaigo, Loanwords

4.2: Analysis

4.3: Summary

Chapter 5: What Kind of Loanwords?

5.1: Loanwords as ‘Outside Within’

5.2: Metaphors

5.3: Contrasts

5.4: Evolution of Japanese Identities

Chapter 6: Loanwords and Identity in the Age of Diversity

6.1: French Discourse on Loanwords

6.2: Comparative Observations

6.3: Use of Katakana for Japanese Loanwords Abroad

6.4: From the ‘Outside Within’ to the ‘New Wild’