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Japonize
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en Japanize.
en 1903 Appleton's Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1902 356 The principle is to Japonize as much as possible the natives, whose minds are impregnated with Chinese thought, and who are pro-Chinese in nearly everything.
en 1943 Repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Acts United States. Congress. House. Committee on Immigration and Naturalization 215 But if China deserts us and if they Japonize the Chinese, you gentlemen are going to think that the gates of hell have been left ajar. If they ever succeed in Japonizing the Chinese and the Hindus, the white race is through.
en 1945 Shinto, the Unconquered Enemy Robert Oleson Ballou 67 A delegation sent to Europe, headed by Hirobumi Ito, found the Prussian oligarchic government best suited to their needs, and, with certain modifications to Japonize it, the German form was adopted as a model in the establishment of the Japanese Constitution of 1889.
en 1979 Not So Long Ago José E. Romero 168 Before the effects of the counteroffensive of the Americans and the allies in the Southwest Pacific were felt in the Philippines, the Japanese seemed to be in a hurry to Japonize the Philippines.