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    3. ガラパゴス現象

    ガラパゴス現象

    ガ​ラ​パ​ゴ​ス​現げん象しょう

    Galapagos phenomenon

    NTNounBusiness & FinanceTechnologyKanji Vocab38 strokes

    ガラパゴスげんしょう

    Noun

    1.
    Galapagos phenomenon, Galapagos syndrome, tendency of Japanese products (e.g. cell phones) to be designed specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports

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    Characters that make up this word

    現
    あらわ.れる・あらわ.す・うつつ・うつ.つ…(3)
    present・existing・actual
    Kanji
    象
    かたど.る…(3)
    elephant・pattern after・imitate・image・shape…(1)
    Kanji
    ガ
    ga
    Kana
    ラ
    ra
    Kana
    パ
    pa
    Kana
    ゴ
    go
    Kana
    ス
    su
    Kana
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