Abbreviations are common in Japanese; these include many Latin alphabet letter combinations, generally pronounced as
initialisms. Some of these combinations are common in English, but others are unique to Japan or of Japanese origin, and form a kind of
wasei eigo (Japanese-coined English).
This is a list of Latin alphabet letter combinations used in
Japan.
IC card —
contactless smart card (derives from the initialism IC which is occasionally used for an
integrated circuit in English, although the meaning of the complete term is likely non-obvious for English speakers)