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Nipponophile
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English
Etymology
en :af Nippono- -phile + 1
Noun
One who loves Japan or Japanese culture.
en Japanophile
en Nipponophobe Japanophobe
en 1997 Errol C. Friedberg Correcting the Blueprint of Life: An Historical Account of the Discovery of DNA Repair Mechanisms Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 0-87969-507-2 http://www.google.co.uk/books?id=WGmVPGh7AOMC&pg=PA114&dq=Nipponophile 114 Strauss had become something of a Nipponophile and had returned to Japan for a sabbatical in 1958.
en 2003 William Illsey Atkinson Nanocosm: Nanotechnology and the Big Changes Coming from the Inconceivably Small Amacom 0-8144-7181-1 http://books.google.com/books?id=x4b-Zey3BWUC&pg=PA213&dq=Nipponophile 213 CALL ME A NIPPONOPHILE—a secret admirer of Japan, a worshiper from afar.
en October 2003 Charles Campion The Rough Guide to London Restaurants: 2004 6th Penguin Putnam 1-84353-097-X http://www.google.com/books?id=tradu8YnGt4C&pg=PA29&dq=Nipponophile 29 The place was actually set up by a Nipponophile Englishman, but the kitchen staff are all Japanese and its Far Eastern credentials bear scrutiny.
An advocate of Japanese thought or culture.
Related terms
en Nipponophilia
en Nipponophilic
en People Philias