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"She's got great style, especially those boobs" スタイル does not mean "style", it means "figure". That's why the sentence segues into boobs immediately. Just because something looks like an English word in Japanese does not mean it actually is one, loanwords can often have different meaning to...

Suzuki does not live in a "mansion". When someone says in Japanese that they live in a マンション, it means they're living in an apartment. Just because something looks like an English word does not mean that it actually is that English word. This is common with loanwords the world over, and the...

@Nari That would be incorrect. Just because something's written in katakana doesn't mean it isn't Japanese - Wasei-eigo terms are very much Japanese. スタイル is first and foremost Japanese for "figure", not the English word "style". Jisho and any other Japanese dictionary will tell you as much...

FYI, スタイル does not mean "style", it means "figure", ie. she has the hottest body in the school. Just because something looks like an English word in Japanese doesn't mean that it has the same meaning as it would in English.

FYI, スタイル does not mean "style", it means "figure", ie. she has the hottest body in the school. Just because something looks like an English word in Japanese doesn't mean that it has the same meaning as it would in English - a common thing with loanwords across the planet, not to mention...

FYI, スタイル does not mean "style", it means "figure". Just because something looks like an English word doesn't mean it actually has the same meaning as it does in English.

On page 23, "スタイル" means "figure" (as in body build), it is not the English word "style". Just because something looks like an English word doesn't mean it is one - wasei-eigo is very much Japanese and needs to be translated properly.