In that respect, I miss the word 携帯. スマホ (<i>sumaho</i>, ugh!) feels so uncultivated in such a pleasant language.<p>It was a predictable outcome though. Japanese has a tendency to abbreviate common words, and the term <i>smartphone</i> (the unwieldy スマートフォン&#x2F;sumātofon) was imported with the first generations of smartphones.<p>The German <i>Handy</i> on the other hand (as <i>ccozan</i> mentions)… What a lovely word.