Jap

Appendix:Variations of "jap" English Etymology en :clipping Japanese 1 en Japanese, attested as a noun since 1872, and adjectivally since 1878. Compare en Nip (shortened from en Nipponese). Pronunciation en /d͡ʒæp/ en En-au-Jap.ogg AU en æp 1 Proper noun en dated offensive slang ethnic slur The Japanese language. en 2007 Les A. Murray Fredy Neptune 239 He petered out under Pitty's savage look: Do you speak Jap? Do you understand the world from inside those bastards' slanty-eyed little head-lopping poem-writing minds? en 2012 Robert Conroy Rising Sun He said it in Japanese, which surprised the boy and stunned Cullen.“You speak Jap?” asked Cullen.“Looks like it, doesn't it?” en informal Hong Kong Singapore Australia en Japanese. en Noun en pejorative ethnic slur US A Japanese person. en 1872 James Brooks https://books.google.com/books?id=Qv8HAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA38&dq=Japs&hl=en&sa=X#v=onepage&q=Japs&f=false A Seven Months' Run, Up, Down, Around the World Among our Japs on board are two returning from Italy, where they have been with silk-worms' eggs, on cards, to sell. This has become a great speculation, and the Japs are going into it with zeal. The Japs almost always—always when they can—take cabin passages ; the Chinese seldom, or never. en derogatory now historical An Imperial Japanese Army soldier. en 1944 w:Frank Capra The Battle of China Why We Fight: The Battle of China The Japs had been confident that this first and sudden land grab could be accomplished without their becoming involved in a major war, and they were right. 14 minutes en 1944 Noel Streatfeild Theatre Shoes ‘The telegram says “missing”.’’Nothing about “presumed drowned”?’ Sorrel asked.’Nothing.’’Then he could easily be a prisoner in the hands of the Japs,’ she persisted. Synonyms en Japanese neutral; non-offensive en Nip pejorative ethnic slur Derived terms en Jap silk en Japland en japtard Related terms en Japan Descendants ja ジャップ 1 ko 잽스 1 Translations offensive term for a Japanese person Chinese: Cantonese: derogatory yue 蘿蔔頭 lo4 baak6 tau4, yue 㗎仔 gaa4 zai2 Mandarin: derogatory cmn 日本鬼子 Rìběn guǐzi, cmn 小日本兒 xiǎorìběnr, cmn 小日本 xiǎorìběn, cmn 倭寇 wōkòu, cmn 本子, cmn 小日子 xiǎorìzi neologism, slang, cmn 鬼子 guǐzi, cmn 小八嘎 xiǎobāgā Dutch: nl Jap m f Estonian: et japs Finnish: fi japsi French: fr Jap m f German: de Japse m Hungarian: hu japcsi Japanese: ja ジャップ jappu, ja チョッパリ choppari Korean: ko 쪽발이, ko 왜놈, ko 왜족, ko 짜개발, ko 잽스 Polish: pl japoniec m Portuguese: pt japa m f Brazil Russian: derogatory ru япо́шка m f, ru яп m, ru джап m Spanish: es japo m, es japa f Thai: th ยุ่น Adjective - en pejorative ethnic slur Japanese; of or pertaining to Japan or its people. en 1951 James Albert Michener The Voice of Asia 6 A soldier might grab his rifle and batter his way to the heart of some Jap position. Back home they gave him all sorts of medals but his companions dismissed him as the poor bastard who finally went Asiatic. Derived terms en Japscat Verb en jap. References Anagrams en ajp AJP JPA PJA paj en Japan Dutch Alternative forms nl jap official Etymology nl Japanner, nl Japans, etc. Pronunciation nl /jɑp/ nl Jap nl ɑp 1 Noun m -en - nl derogatory ethnic slur usually _ offensive unofficial spelling a en Jap, a Japanese person Usage notes Though the officially prescribed spelling is nl jap, the term is often written with a capital by analogy with demonyms. Generally considered offensive. In polite language it is only used in historical derived terms like nl jappenkamp. Derived terms nl jappenkamp Indonesian Alternative forms id Yap id Ijap chiefly pre-1947 Etymology id nan-hbl 葉 Ia̍p and id hak 葉 Ya̍p. id Yip. Pronunciation yap Proper noun id Chinese Indonesian Hokkien written in obsolete Indonesian orthography id Chinese Indonesian Hakka written in obsolete Indonesian orthography