How to say 'Word processor' in Japanese | ワープロ

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The Japanese word for Word processor is 'Waapuro', written as ワープロ in Japanese.

word

ワープロ

Meaning

Word processor

Reading

Waapuro

Explanation

The Japanese noun 'ワープロ (わーぷろ)' is a shortened form of 'ワードプロセッサ (わーどぷろせっさ)', meaning 'word processor'. It refers to a device or software used for typing, editing, and formatting text documents. This term was widely used in the 1980s and 1990s when dedicated word processing machines were popular in Japan. Nowadays, it is often used to refer to word processing software on computers. Example sentences: I bought a new word processor「新しいワープロを買いました」(あたらしいわーぷろをかいました). She is typing a report on the word processor「彼女はワープロでレポートを打っています」(かのじょはわーぷろでれぽーとをうっています).

Part Of Speech

noun

Frequency

5221

Composition

katakana

Handwriting

Katakana in the Word ワープロ

This word contains 3 Katakana characters :

katakana

ワ

Reading

katakana

プ

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katakana

ロ

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