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ガラパゴス現象

ガラパゴスげんしょう

  • 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 n
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Kanji

ゲン

あらわ.れる • あらわ.す • うつつ • うつ.つ

present; existing; actual

Grade Level 5

11 Strokes

ショウ • ゾウ

かたど.る

elephant; pattern after; imitate; image; shape; sign (of the times)

Grade Level 5

12 Strokes

Synonyms

ガラパゴス化

ガラパゴスか

  • Galapagosization; phenomenon of companies becoming overly specialized in developing products for the domestic market n vs
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