Jargon

"Jargon" in Japanese

たわごと

tawagoto

(incomprehensible speech)

ジャーゴン

jāgon

(technical terminology unique to a particular subject)

スラング

surangu

(language characteristic of a particular group)

専門用語

senmon yōgo

(technical terminology unique to a particular subject)

業界用語

gyōkai yōgo

(technical terminology unique to a particular subject)

隠語

ingo

(technical terminology unique to a particular subject)

隠語

ingo

(language characteristic of a particular group)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.