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Japanese en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌdʒæp.əˈniːz/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún)bor. Malay Jepangbor. Portuguese Japãobor. ▲ Malay Jepangbor. Dutch Japanbor. English Japan Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Japanese From Japan + -ese after the model of earlier Portuguese japonês, New Latin japonensis, French japonais, etc.

Meanings

  1. Of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of Japan, its people, language, or culture.
    • Japanese retail stores have strove to, and have succeeded in, fulfilling these severe demands, and in doing so, have constantly had to innovate both technologically and institutionally in order to keep up with the competition. 2013 February 6, Hideo Otake, “Revising the Interpretation of the Japanese Economy”, in Michio Muramatsu, Frieder Naschold, editors, State and Administration in Japan and Germany: A Comparative Perspective on Continuity and Change, page 319:
    • As many as 100,000 Japanese people were killed and another million injured, most of them civilians, when more than 300 American B-29 bombers dropped 1,500 tons of firebombs on the Japanese capital that night. 2020 March 7, Brad Lendon, Emiko Jozuka, “History’s deadliest air raid happened in Tokyo during World War II and you’ve probably never heard of it”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2025:
    • In the United States, Japanese animation has had a tremendous surge in popularity over the last few years.
    • A Japanese saw is one that cuts on the pull stroke rather than on the push stroke.
    • Then, as I walked back to the Miyako Hybrid, the snow-white hotel, with its perfectly black parking lot and perfectly trimmed palm trees, looked more like a computer rendering of a building than a building itself. And that is very Japanese. 2010 March 8, Fred A. Bernstein, “Culture Shock | A Taste of Japan Off the 405”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2010:
  2. Of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of Japan, its people, language, or culture. ▸ Of or relating to the Yamato people.
    • The Ainu were subject to forced assimilation by the Japanese since at least the 18th century.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more Japanese Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most Japanese Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

Nipponese · Japonic · Japonite · Japonian · Nipponic

Translations (111)

kmr japonî (of or relating to Japan) · az yapon (of or relating to Japan) · sv japansk (of or relating to Japan) · oc japonés (of or relating to Japan) · tg японӣ (of or relating to Japan) · fr japonais (of or relating to Japan) · ky жапон (of or relating to Japan) · sq japonez (of or relating to Japan) · pt japonês (of or relating to Japan) · ml ജാപ്പനീസ് (of or relating to Japan) · hu japán (of or relating to Japan) · gl xaponés (of or relating to Japan) · lb japanesch (of or relating to Japan) · ia japonese (of or relating to Japan) · tg ҷопонӣ (of or relating to Japan) · ja 日本 (of or relating to Japan) · sk japonský (of or relating to Japan) · hy ճապոնական (of or relating to Japan) · rom źapanikano (of or relating to Japan) · nl Japanse (of or relating to Japan) · ca japonès (of or relating to Japan) · rm giapunais (of or relating to Japan) · eu japoniar (of or relating to Japan) · ro japonez (of or relating to Japan) · ug ياپون (of or relating to Japan) · nl Japans (of or relating to Japan) · vo Yapänik (of or relating to Japan) · cmn 日式 (of or relating to Japan) · af Japannees (of or relating to Japan) · nb japansk (of or relating to Japan) · tl Hapon (of or relating to Japan) · yi יאַפּאַניש (of or relating to Japan) · he יַפָּנִי (of or relating to Japan) · lo ຍີ່ປຸ່ນ (of or relating to Japan) · sl japonski (of or relating to Japan) · ast xaponés (of or relating to Japan) · kk жапон (of or relating to Japan) · vi thuộc Nhật (of or relating to Japan) · be япо́нскі (of or relating to Japan) · es ponja (of or relating to Japan) · da japansk (of or relating to Japan) · bo རི་པིན (of or relating to Japan) · km ជប៉ុន (of or relating to Japan) · gl xaponesa (of or relating to Japan) · tk ýapon (of or relating to Japan) · es nipón (of or relating to Japan) · tg ҷопон (of or relating to Japan) · pt nipônico (of or relating to Japan) · cmn 日 (of or relating to Japan) · la nipponicus (of or relating to Japan) · ja 日 (of or relating to Japan) · fur gjaponês (of or relating to Japan) · lv japāņu (of or relating to Japan) · eo japana (of or relating to Japan) · ko 왜 (of or relating to Japan) · uz yapon (of or relating to Japan) · ms Jepun (of or relating to Japan) · fi japanilainen (of or relating to Japan) · lt japoniškas (of or relating to Japan) · lv japānisks (of or relating to Japan) · lt japoniška (of or relating to Japan) · th ญี่ปุ่น (of or relating to Japan) · ko 일 (of or relating to Japan) · ko 일본(日本)의 (of or relating to Japan) · el ιαπωνικός (of or relating to Japan) · vi Nhật (of or relating to Japan) · id Jepang (of or relating to Japan) · ja 日本の (of or relating to Japan) · ga Seapánach (of or relating to Japan) · it giapponese (of or relating to Japan) · is japanskur (of or relating to Japan) · sh ја̀па̄нскӣ (of or relating to Japan) · ps جاپانی (of or relating to Japan) · tr Japon (of or relating to Japan) · pl japoński (of or relating to Japan) · mk јапонски (of or relating to Japan) · bg япо́нски (of or relating to Japan) · et jaapani (of or relating to Japan) · ka იაპონური (of or relating to Japan) · rm giapunaisa (of or relating to Japan) · fo japanskur (of or relating to Japan) · bn জাপানি (of or relating to Japan) · sw Kijapani (of or relating to Japan) · bo ཉི་ཧོང (of or relating to Japan) · ar يَابَانِيّ (of or relating to Japan) · haw Kepanī (of or relating to Japan) · sh jàpānskī (of or relating to Japan) · fa ژاپنی (of or relating to Japan) · la nipponensis (of or relating to Japan) · haw Iāpana (of or relating to Japan) · nl Nippons (of or relating to Japan) · de japanisch (of or relating to Japan) · ja 和 (of or relating to Japan) · nn japansk (of or relating to Japan) · fi japaninkielinen (of or relating to Japan) · ru япо́нский (of or relating to Japan) · pms giaponèis (of or relating to Japan) · ur جاپانی (of or relating to Japan) · af Japans (of or relating to Japan) · it nipponico (of or relating to Japan) · tg япон (of or relating to Japan) · mn япон (of or relating to Japan) · mr जापानी (of or relating to Japan) · la japonicus (of or relating to Japan) · hi जापानी (of or relating to Japan) · cmn 日本的 (of or relating to Japan) · la japonensis (of or relating to Japan) · es japonés (of or relating to Japan) · cs japonský (of or relating to Japan) · my ဂျပန် (of or relating to Japan) · uk япо́нський (of or relating to Japan)

Japanese en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌdʒæp.əˈniːz/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún)bor. Malay Jepangbor. Portuguese Japãobor. ▲ Malay Jepangbor. Dutch Japanbor. English Japan Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Japanese From Japan + -ese after the model of earlier Portuguese japonês, New Latin japonensis, French japonais, etc.

Meanings

  1. (countable, in-plural) A native or inhabitant of Japan.
    • […] the majority of Japanese voted to return the conservative Liberal Democratic Party to power after the 3/11 disaster. 2019, Koichi Haga, The Earth Writes: The Great Earthquake and the Novel in ..., page 82:
    • 2007 October 16, Madeleine Brand, “Japan Struggles to Meet Its CO2 Emissions Limits”, Day to Day, National Public Radio, Motoyuki Shibata isn’t a typical Japanese.
  2. (countable, in-plural) A member of the predominant ethnic group of Japan, also found throughout the world in diaspora.
    • […] 90 percent of Japanese [in Hawaii] voted Democratic (Coffman 2003: 278). 2016, Michael Haas, How to Demolish Racism: Lessons from the State of Hawai'i, page 100:
    • A Japanese will typically have black hair, brown eyes, and pale skin.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of Japanese food.
    • Let’s go out to eat. I’m in the mood for Japanese.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Japaneses Number=Plur lexicographic
Japanese Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

Japanee · Japanner · Japonian · Nipponese

Translations (145)

ga Seapánach (person from Japan) · vo ji-Yapänan (person from Japan) · tr Japon (person from Japan) · hi जापानी (person from Japan) · oc japonesa (person from Japan) · sv japanska (person from Japan) · eu japoniar (person from Japan) · fo japanari (person from Japan) · kk жапон (person from Japan) · rom źaponèza (person from Japan) · lv japāniete (person from Japan) · et jaapanlased (person from Japan) · fo japansmaður (person from Japan) · haw Kepanī (person from Japan) · sc giapponesa (person from Japan) · tg ҷопон (person from Japan) · ka იაპონელი (person from Japan) · fo japani (person from Japan) · ms orang Jepun (person from Japan) · fr Japonaise (person from Japan) · id orang Jepang (person from Japan) · pt japonês (person from Japan) · niv сисам (person from Japan) · el Ιαπωνίδα (person from Japan) · he יַפָּנִי (person from Japan) · sh Jàpānka (person from Japan) · gl xaponesa (person from Japan) · rm giapunais (person from Japan) · af Japanner (person from Japan) · oc japonés (person from Japan) · be япо́нец (person from Japan) · ja 日本人 (person from Japan) · vo Yapänan (person from Japan) · km ជប៉ុន (person from Japan) · vo hi-Yapänan (person from Japan) · gl xaponés (person from Japan) · lb Japaner (person from Japan) · ug ياپون (person from Japan) · sh Ја̀па̄нка (person from Japan) · es japonesa (person from Japan) · tl Hapones (person from Japan) · sh Japánac (person from Japan) · yi יאַפּאַנער (person from Japan) · ca japonès (person from Japan) · haw Iāpana (person from Japan) · ast xaponés (person from Japan) · alt јопон (person from Japan) · ain シサㇺ (person from Japan) · lt japonė (person from Japan) · lb Japanerin (person from Japan) · nn japanar (person from Japan) · pt japonesa (person from Japan) · sc giapponesu (person from Japan) · sk Japonka (person from Japan) · uk япо́нець (person from Japan) · ia japonese (person from Japan) · sk Japonec (person from Japan) · sv japan (person from Japan) · be япо́нка (person from Japan) · af Japannees (person from Japan) · fr Nippon (person from Japan) · uk япо́нка (person from Japan) · eo japano (person from Japan) · rom japànco (person from Japan) · pl Japończyk (person from Japan) · la Iapō (person from Japan) · lv japānis (person from Japan) · th คนญี่ปุ่น (person from Japan) · mk Јапонец (person from Japan) · el Ιάπωνας (person from Japan) · sk Japončík (person from Japan) · et jaapanlane (person from Japan) · ar يَابَانِيَّة (person from Japan) · bn জাপানি (person from Japan) · da japaner (person from Japan) · ca japonesa (person from Japan) · mk Јапонка (person from Japan) · tg ҷопонӣ (person from Japan) · ko 일본 사람 (person from Japan) · is Japani (person from Japan) · io Japoniano (person from Japan) · hu japán (person from Japan) · sl Japonka (person from Japan) · ko-ear 예 (person from Japan) · ro japoneză (person from Japan) · nl Japanse (person from Japan) · br japaneg (person from Japan) · bg япо́нец (person from Japan) · eo japanino (person from Japan) · ko 일본인 (person from Japan) · lt japonas (person from Japan) · ru япо́нец (person from Japan) · es nipona (person from Japan) · fa ژاپنی (person from Japan) · az yapon (person from Japan) · fi japanilainen (person from Japan) · okm 예〯 (person from Japan) · oko 倭理 (person from Japan) · rm giapunaisa (person from Japan) · dng жыбынжын (person from Japan) · bo ཉི་ཧོང་གི་མི (person from Japan) · cmn 日本人 (person from Japan) · sc giaponesa (person from Japan) · ar يَابَانِيّ (person from Japan) · fr Japonais (person from Japan) · tg японӣ (person from Japan) · yue 日本人 (person from Japan) · hy ճապոնացի (person from Japan) · sw Mjapani (person from Japan) · cs Japonec (person from Japan) · pl Japonka (person from Japan) · tg япон (person from Japan) · nl Japanner (person from Japan) · ky жапон (person from Japan) · nb japaner (person from Japan) · ur جاپانی (person from Japan) · de Japaner (Japanerin f; Japanese m) (person from Japan) · jje 웨인 (person from Japan) · rom źaponèzo (person from Japan) · nv Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé (person from Japan) · ja ジャパニーズ (person from Japan) · es japonés (person from Japan) · bg япо́нка (person from Japan) · et jaapanlanna (person from Japan) · rom japànka (person from Japan) · sc giaponesu (person from Japan) · fr Nippone (person from Japan) · mn япон хүн (person from Japan) · da japanere (person from Japan) · cmn 日人 (person from Japan) · nan-hbl 日本儂 /日本侬 (person from Japan) · tk ýapon (person from Japan) · es nipón (person from Japan) · sh Јапа́нац (person from Japan) · it giapponese (person from Japan) · ale Yapuunax̂ (person from Japan) · cs Japonka (person from Japan) · ro japonez (person from Japan) · he יַפָּנִית (person from Japan) · ru япо́нка (person from Japan) · vi người Nhật (person from Japan) · sl Japonec (person from Japan) · uz yapon (person from Japan) · ale Yapuunix̂ (person from Japan) · sq japonez (person from Japan)

Japanese en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌdʒæp.əˈniːz/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún)bor. Malay Jepangbor. Portuguese Japãobor. ▲ Malay Jepangbor. Dutch Japanbor. English Japan Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Japanese From Japan + -ese after the model of earlier Portuguese japonês, New Latin japonensis, French japonais, etc.

Meanings

  1. A language that is primarily spoken in East Asia and is the official language of Japan.
    • I’ve been studying Japanese for three years, and I still can’t order pizza in Tokyo!
    • What Japanese you speak also depends on your gender. There’s a “rough” language for men and a more “ladylike” language for women, but you must understand both. 2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2022:

Deriveds

Japanese nightingale · Japanese bunching onion · Japanese silkmoth · Japanese squirrel · Japanese pampas grass · Japanese pine · Sinico-Japanese · Japanese wolf · Japanese sea lion · Japanese pear · Japanese lacquer tree · Japanese yew · Japanese deer · Japanese honeysuckle · Japanese beech · Japanese millet · Japanese pond smelt · Japanese bush warbler · Japanese sumac · Japanese crab · Japanese crested ibis · Japanese smelt · Japanese chestnut · Japanese ivy · Japanese studies · Japanese cake · Japanese spiny lobster · Japanese monkey · Japanese barberry · Japanese sea bass · Japanese holly · Japanese iris · Japanese full stop · Japanese fever · Japanese azalea · Japanese climbing fern · Japanese pheasant · Japanese spitz · wapanese · Trumpanese · Japanese English · Japanese shield fern · Japanese amberjack · Middle Japanese · Hall's Japanese honeysuckle · Japanese ash · Japanese clock · Japanese peanut · Japanese scallop · Japanese rose · Japanese pagoda tree · Japanese dogwood · Japanese river fever · Japanese bear · Japanese flood fever · Japanese slipper · Japanese black bear · Japanese Bobtail · Japanese knotweed · Japanese tree lilac · Japanese squash · Japanese clover · Japanese giant salamander · Japanese theorem · Japanese aspen · Japanese umbrella pine · Japanese apricot · Japanese dormouse · Japanese encephalitis · Yapanese · anti-Japanese · Japanese lantern · Japanese lilac · Japanese weasel · Japanese stiltgrass · Japanese earth · Japanese archipelago

Descendants

ジャパニーズ

Relateds

Nipponize · Wiktionary’s coverage of Japanese terms · Japanophile · Japan · Jap

Synonyms

Nihongo · Nipponese

Translations (129)

yue 日本話 /日本话 (Japanese language) · tg забони ҷопонӣ (Japanese language) · lv japāņu valoda (Japanese language) · si ජපන් (Japanese language) · lb Japanesch (Japanese language) · hi जापानी भाषा (Japanese language) · uz yapon (Japanese language) · sw Kijapani (Japanese language) · cmn 日本文 (Japanese language) · yi יאַפּאַניש (Japanese language) · cmn 日文 (Japanese language) · fa ژاپنی (Japanese language) · ja ジャパニーズ (Japanese language) · rm giapunais (Japanese language) · mi Reo Hapani (Japanese language) · bn জাপানি ভাষা (Japanese language) · tr Japonca (Japanese language) · ga Seapáinis (Japanese language) · cmn 日本語 /日本语 (Japanese language) · hi जापानी (Japanese language) · bg япо́нски (Japanese language) · km ភាសាជប៉ុន (Japanese language) · hy ճապոներեն (Japanese language) · ti ጃፓንኛ (Japanese language) · ky жапон тили (Japanese language) · ms bahasa Jepun (Japanese language) · hu japán (Japanese language) · cs japonština (Japanese language) · cdo 日本語 /日本语 (Japanese language) · ar يَابَانِيَّة (Japanese language) · gu જાપાની ભાષા (Japanese language) · nan-hbl 日本語 /日本语 (Japanese language) · ta ஜப்பானிய மொழி (Japanese language) · rys 大和物言 (Japanese language) · eo japana lingvo (Japanese language) · te జపనీసు (Japanese language) · la lingua Iaponica (Japanese language) · mn япон хэл (Japanese language) · fa زبان ژاپنی (Japanese language) · sh jàpānskī (jezik) (Japanese language) · cmn 日語 /日语 (Japanese language) · ka იაპონური (Japanese language) · la lingua Japonica (Japanese language) · ast xaponés (Japanese language) · pl japońszczyzna (Japanese language) · eu japoniera (Japanese language) · yue 日文 (Japanese language) · oc japonés (Japanese language) · tk ýapon dili (Japanese language) · yoi 大和物言 (Japanese language) · fo japanskt (Japanese language) · sc giaponesu (Japanese language) · kk жапонша (Japanese language) · af Japannees (Japanese language) · kk жапон тілі (Japanese language) · mr जापानी (Japanese language) · es japonés (Japanese language) · nv Nííhon bizaad (Japanese language) · cmn 日本話 /日本话 (Japanese language) · sh ја̀па̄нскӣ (Japanese language) · sv japanska (Japanese language) · kw Japanek (Japanese language) · th ภาษาญี่ปุ่น (Japanese language) · sl japonski (jezik) (Japanese language) · tg ҷопонӣ (Japanese language) · bn জাপানি (Japanese language) · jv basa Jepang (Japanese language) · es ponja (Japanese language) · si ජපන් භාෂාව (Japanese language) · ca japonès (Japanese language) · et jaapani keel (Japanese language) · da japansk (Japanese language) · ru япо́нский язы́к (Japanese language) · bjn bahasa Japang (Japanese language) · nl Japans (Japanese language) · ko 일본어 (Japanese language) · uk японська (Japanese language) · arn kapon dungun (Japanese language) · be япо́нская мо́ва (Japanese language) · alt јопон тил (Japanese language) · ro japoneză (Japanese language) · vo Yapänapük (Japanese language) · nn japansk (Japanese language) · ko 일본말 (Japanese language) · az Yapon dili (Japanese language) · sk japončina (Japanese language) · ryu 大和口 (Japanese language) · pt japonês (Japanese language) · haw ʻŌlelo Iāpana (Japanese language) · mvi 大和口 (Japanese language) · be япо́нская (Japanese language) · fi japani (Japanese language) · ja 日本語 (Japanese language) · ml ജാപ്പനീസ് (Japanese language) · ar يَابَانِيّ (Japanese language) · ro limba japoneză (Japanese language) · ain シサㇺ イタㇰ (Japanese language) · el ιαπωνικά (Japanese language) · sq gjuha japoneze (Japanese language) · ar اَلْيَابَانِيَّة (Japanese language) · id bahasa Jepang (Japanese language) · is japanska (Japanese language) · vi tiếng Nhật (Japanese language) · he יָפָּנִית (Japanese language) · mnc ᡰᡳᠪᡝᠨ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (Japanese language) · yue 和文 (Japanese language) · lo ພາສາຍີ່ປຸ່ນ (Japanese language) · lt japonų kalba (Japanese language) · pl (język) japoński (Japanese language) · uz yapon tili (Japanese language) · ru япо́нский (Japanese language) · ia japonese (Japanese language) · fr japonais (Japanese language) · fi japanin kieli (Japanese language) · oaa се̄са кэсэни (Japanese language) · nv Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé (Japanese language) · it giapponese (Japanese language) · kw Nihonek (Japanese language) · ko 일어 (Japanese language) · sc giapponesu (Japanese language) · mk јапонски (Japanese language) · cdo 日本話 /日本话 (Japanese language) · sl japonščina (Japanese language) · ur جاپانی (Japanese language) · nb japansk (Japanese language) · de Japanisch (Japanese language) · ka იაპონური ენა (Japanese language) · cdo 日語 /日语 (Japanese language) · gl xaponés (Japanese language)

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