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Where does “NG” come from?

NG (Japanese) comes from English NG, from Chinese 吳.

NG (Japanese): not OK; a blooper; a defective product

Definitions

  1. not OK; a blooper; a defective product

Ancestry of “NG”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNGInitialism of natural gas; Initialism of...
2Chinese吳—

Words derived from “NG”

  • NG
Every word from Chinese 吳 →