köken: First cited to 1924 in the novel Chijin no Ai (published in English as Naomi) by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki. Although often described as wasei eigo (和製英語), this appears to derive from the English phrase salaried man, which appears in print at least as early as 1828. Additionally, the English noun phrase “salary man” also predates the Japanese term. The resulting Japanese term was reimported into English…