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Japanize
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English
Alternative forms
en japanize Japanise japanise Japonize japonize Japonise japonise
Etymology
en :af Japan -ize + 1
Verb
en transitive To Nipponize.
en 29 Jul 1919 Seattle Star Is This To Remain White Man's Land? 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.
en Dec 3 2003 Mark Schilling The ideal Xmas present? The Japan Times 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.
Related terms
en Japanese
Translations
to Nipponize
Bulgarian: bg японизи́рам impf
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 日本化 Rìběnhuà, cmn 皇民化
French: fr japoniser
German: de japanisieren
Italian: it giapponizzare
Polish: pl japonizować impf, pl zjaponizować pf
Portuguese: pt japonizar
Vietnamese: vi Nhật hóa, vi Nhật Bản hóa
Volapük: vo Yapänön
en 3-syllable words