Japanize en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún)bor. Malay Jepangbor. Portuguese Japãobor. ▲ Malay Jepangbor. Dutch Japanbor. English Japan Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English Japanize From Japan + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To Nipponize.
Multiplying five times as rapidly as the whites, the Japs must someday―unless the problem is met now―absolutely control this Coast. Just as Hawaii and the Sacramento valley have been Japanized, so will the state of Washington.
1919 July 29, “Is This To Remain White Man's Land?”, in Seattle Star:His latest, Tokyo Godfathers, may sound like a gangster film, but rather it's Kon's attempt to Japanize a Western tradition that goes back to Charles Dickens and beyond: the heartwarming holiday story.
2003 December 3, Mark Schilling, “The ideal Xmas present?”, in The Japan Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japonize | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Japanized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| Japanized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| Japonise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Japanise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Japanizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| japanize | alternative | lexicographic | |
| japonize | alternative | lexicographic | |
| japanise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| japonise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Japanizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (12)
de japanisieren (to Nipponize) · cmn 日本化 (to Nipponize) · pl japonizować (to Nipponize) · it giapponizzare (to Nipponize) · bg японизи́рам (to Nipponize) · cmn 皇民化 (to Nipponize) · vi Nhật Bản hóa (to Nipponize) · pt japonizar (to Nipponize) · vi Nhật hóa (to Nipponize) · pl zjaponizować (to Nipponize) · fr japoniser (to Nipponize) · vo Yapänön (to Nipponize)