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Japanophile
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English
Etymology
en :af Japan -o- -phile + 1
Pronunciation
jə-păn'ə-fīl' jə-păn'ō-fīl' UK, en /dʒəˌpænə(ʊ)ˈfaɪl/
en aɪl 4
Noun
A person who loves the country, culture, or people of Japan.
en Nipponophile
en Japanophobe Nipponophobe
en 09 Dec 90 18 21 Gay Community News 8 Brian Scott Carr Erotic Art From Japan I am convinced that this book is not solely of interest to Japanophiles. The quality of Sado Hasegawa's work shines through and the book should prove to be a valued asset to any home library and is beautiful for display.
Coordinate terms
en wapanese, en weeaboo someone unhealthily obsessed with Japan, especially stereotypes of Japanese from pop culture
Related terms
en Japanologist
en Japanophilia
en Japanophilic
Translations
A person who loves Japan
Bulgarian: bg японофи́л m, bg японофи́лка f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 哈日族 hārìzú, cmn 親日派 qīnrìpài, cmn 哈日 hārì, cmn 精日 derogatory
Finnish: fi japanofiili
French: fr japonophile m f, fr nippophile m f
Galician: gl xaponófilo m
German: de Japanophil m
Italian: it nippofilo m
Japanese: ja 親日派 しんにちは, shinnichiha, ja 哈日族 hārīzū from Chinese, ja ジャパノファイル japanofairu from English
Korean: ko 지일파(知日派)
Portuguese: pt nipófilo m
Russian: ru японофи́л m, ru японофи́лка f
Spanish: es nipófilo m, es japonófilo m
Swedish: sv japanofil c, sv nippofil c
Vietnamese: vi Thân Nhật Bản
See also
Thesaurus:xenophile
en terms derived from toponyms
en People Philias