ガラパゴス現象

ガラパゴスげんしょうgarapagosugenshou

noun

  1. Galapagos phenomenon
  2. Galapagos syndrome
  3. 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

Kanji in this word

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences