Japanese

English ja Etymology en Japanese en :af en:Japan<id:country> en:-ese<id:-ese en> 1 From en Japan -ese after the model of earlier en pt japonês, en la-new japonensis, fr japonais, etc. Pronunciation en /ˌdʒæp.əˈniːz/ en en-us-Japanese.ogg US en iːz 3 Adjective Of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of Japan, its people, language, or culture. en A Japanese saw is one that cuts on the pull stroke rather than on the push stroke. en In the United States, Japanese animation has had a tremendous surge in popularity over the last few years. 8 March 2010 Fred A. Bernstein Culture Shock A Taste of Japan Off the 405 https://web.archive.org/web/20100312035747/http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/culture-shock-a-taste-of-japan-off-the-405/ Then, as I walked back to the Miyako Hybrid, the snow-white hotel, with its perfectly black parking lot and perfectly trimmed palm trees, looked more like a computer rendering of a building than a building itself. And that is very Japanese. en 2013-02-06 Michio Muramatsu; Frieder Naschold Hideo Otake Revising the Interpretation of the Japanese Economy State and Administration in Japan and Germany: A Comparative Perspective on Continuity and Change 319 https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=lc4fAAAAQBAJ Japanese retail stores have strove to, and have succeeded in, fulfilling these severe demands, and in doing so, have constantly had to innovate both technologically and institutionally in order to keep up with the competition. en Brad Lendon;Emiko Jozuka History’s deadliest air raid happened in Tokyo during World War II and you’ve probably never heard of it w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/07/asia/japan-tokyo-fire-raids-operation-meetinghouse-intl-hnk/index.html 2020-03-07 As many as 100,000 Japanese people were killed and another million injured, most of them civilians, when more than 300 American B-29 bombers dropped 1,500 tons of firebombs on the Japanese capital that night. https://web.archive.org/web/20250320215803/https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/07/asia/japan-tokyo-fire-raids-operation-meetinghouse-intl-hnk/index.html Of or relating to the Yamato people. en The Ainu were subject to forced assimilation by the Japanese since at least the 18th century. Synonyms en Japonian, en Japonite obsolete en Japonic, en Nipponese, en Nipponic Translations of or relating to Japan Afrikaans: af Japannees, af Japans Albanian: sq japonez Arabic: ar يَابَانِيّ Tunisian Arabic: aeb جَپُّونِي jappūni Armenian: hy ճապոնական Asturian: ast xaponés Azerbaijani: az yapon Basque: eu japoniar Belarusian: be япо́нскі Bengali: bn জাপানি Bulgarian: bg япо́нски Burmese: my ဂျပန် Catalan: ca japonès Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 日本 日本的 Rìběn de, cmn 日 Rì- used in compounds, cmn 日式 Czech: cs japonský m Danish: da japansk Dutch: nl Japans, nl Japanse, nl Nippons dated Esperanto: eo japana Estonian: et jaapani Faroese: fo japanskur Finnish: fi japanilainen, fi japaninkielinen French: fr japonais Friulian: fur gjaponês Galician: gl xaponés m, gl xaponesa f Georgian: ka იაპონური German: de japanisch Greek: el ιαπωνικός Hawaiian: haw Kepanī, haw Iāpana Hebrew: he יַפָּנִי yapáni Hindi: hi जापानी Hungarian: hu japán Icelandic: is japanskur Indonesian: id Jepang Interlingua: ia japonese Irish: ga Seapánach Italian: it giapponese, it nipponico m Japanese: ja 日本 Nihon, Nippon, ja 日本の Nihon no..., Nippon no..., ja 日 Nichi-, Ni- used in compounds, ja 和 Wa- of language or style Kazakh: kk жапон Khmer: km ជប៉ុន Korean: ko 일본(日本)-의, ko 일(日), ko 왜(倭) of ancient Japan Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr japonî Kyrgyz: ky жапон Lao: lo ຍີ່ປຸ່ນ Latin: la japonensis, la japonicus, la nipponensis, la nipponicus New Latin Latvian: lv japānisks, lv japāņu Lithuanian: lt japoniškas m, lt japoniška f Lombard: lmo Luxembourgish: lb japanesch Macedonian: mk јапонски Malay: ms Jepun Malayalam: ml ജാപ്പനീസ് Marathi: mr जापानी Mongolian: mn япон Norwegian: Bokmål: nb japansk Nynorsk: nn japansk Occitan: oc japonés Pashto: ps جاپانی ǰāpānáy Persian: fa ژاپنی žâponi Piedmontese: pms giaponèis Polish: pl japoński Portuguese: pt japonês, pt nipônico Romani: rom źapanikano Romanian: ro japonez Romansh: rm giapunais m, rm giapunaisa f Russian: ru япо́нский Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh ја̀па̄нскӣ m Latin: sh jàpānskī m Slovak: sk japonský Slovene: sl japonski Spanish: es japonés, es nipón uncommon, es ponja Andes Swahili: sw Kijapani Swedish: sv japansk Tagalog: tl Hapon Tajik: tg ҷопонӣ, tg ҷопон, tg японӣ, tg япон Thai: th ญี่ปุ่น Tibetan: bo ཉི་ཧོང, bo རི་པིན Turkish: tr Japon Turkmen: tk ýapon Ukrainian: uk япо́нський Urdu: ur جاپانی jāpānī Uyghur: ug ياپون Uzbek: uz yapon Vietnamese: vi Nhật (vi 日), vi thuộc Nhật Volapük: vo Yapänik Yiddish: yi יאַפּאַניש Noun ~ * s en countable chiefly in the plural A citizen or national of Japan (incl. Ryukyuans and Ainu people). 2007 October 16, Madeleine Brand, “Japan Struggles to Meet Its CO2 Emissions Limits”, Day to Day, National Public Radio, Motoyuki Shibata isn’t a typical Japanese. en 2019 Koichi Haga The Earth Writes: The Great Earthquake and the Novel in ... 82 the majority of Japanese voted to return the conservative Liberal Democratic Party to power after the 3/11 disaster. en countable chiefly in the plural A member of the predominant ethnic group of Japan, also found throughout the world in Japanese diaspora diaspora. en Yamato en A Japanese will typically have black hair, brown eyes, and pale skin. en 2016 Michael Haas How to Demolish Racism: Lessons from the State of Hawai'i 100 90 percent of Japanese [in Hawaii] voted Democratic (Coffman 2003: 278). en uncountable en Japanese food. en Let’s go out to eat. I’m in the mood for Japanese. Usage notes However it is rather frequent in East Asia as a translation for the demonym written 日本人 in zh - or ja 日本人 Nihonjin in ja -. Synonyms person en Japanee archaic, en Japanner obsolete, en Japonian obsolete, en Nipponese dated Translations person from Japan Afrikaans: af Japannees, af Japanner Ainu: ain シサㇺ sisam Albanian: sq japonez m Aleut: ale Yapuunax̂, ale Yapuunix̂ Altai: Southern Altai: alt јопон Arabic: ar يَابَانِيّ m, ar يَابَانِيَّة f Tunisian Arabic: aeb جَپُّونِي jappūni Armenian: hy ճապոնացի Asturian: ast xaponés m Azerbaijani: az yapon Basque: eu japoniar Belarusian: be япо́нец m, be япо́нка f Bengali: bn জাপানি Breton: br japaneg m Bulgarian: bg япо́нец m, bg япо́нка f Catalan: ca japonès m, ca japonesa f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 日本人 jat6 bun2 jan4 Dungan: dng жыбынжын Hokkien: nan-hbl 日本儂 ji̍t-pún-lâng Mandarin: cmn 日本人 rìběnrén, cmn 日人 rìrén Czech: cs Japonec m, cs Japonka f Danish: da japaner, da japanere p Dutch: nl Japanner m, nl Japanse f Esperanto: eo japano, eo japanino Estonian: et jaapanlane for male, female, et jaapanlanna for female, et jaapanlased for plural Faroese: fo japani m, fo japanari m, fo japansmaður m Finnish: fi japanilainen French: fr Japonais m, fr Japonaise f, fr Nippon m, fr Nippone f Galician: gl xaponés m, gl xaponesa f Georgian: ka იაპონელი German: de Japaner m (de Japanerin f; de Japanese m) Greek: el Ιάπωνας m, el Ιαπωνίδα f Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug hapõgua Hawaiian: haw Iāpana, haw Kepanī Hebrew: he יַפָּנִי m yapáni, he יַפָּנִית f yapanít Hindi: hi जापानी m f Hungarian: hu japán Icelandic: is Japani m Ido: io Japoniano Indonesian: id orang Jepang Interlingua: ia japonese Irish: ga Seapánach m Italian: it giapponese m f Japanese: ja 日本人 nihonjin, nipponjin, ja ジャパニーズ Japanīzu colloquial Jeju: jje 웨인 Kazakh: kk жапон Khmer: km ជប៉ុន cea’pon Korean: ko 일본인(日本人), ko 일본 사람 Early Modern Korean: ko-ear 예 Middle Korean: okm 예〯 Old Korean: oko 倭理 *YEri Kyrgyz: ky жапон Latin: la Iapō m f Latvian: lv japānis m, lv japāniete f Lithuanian: lt japonas m, lt japonė f Luxembourgish: lb Japaner m, lb Japanerin f Macedonian: mk Јапонец m, mk Јапонка f Malay: ms orang Jepun Miyako: mvi Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn япон хүн Navajo: nv Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé Nivkh: niv сисам Norwegian: Bokmål: nb japaner m Nynorsk: nn japanar m Occitan: oc japonés m, oc japonesa f Okinawan: ryu Persian: fa ژاپنی žâponi Polish: pl Japończyk m-pr, pl Japonka f Portuguese: pt japonês m, pt japonesa f Romani: rom źaponèzo m, rom źaponèza f, rom japànco m, rom japànka f Romanian: ro japonez m, ro japoneză f Romansh: rm giapunais m, rm giapunaisa f Russian: ru япо́нец m, ru япо́нка f Sardinian: sc giaponesu m, sc giaponesa f, sc giapponesu m, sc giapponesa f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Јапа́нац m, sh Ја̀па̄нка f Latin: sh Japánac m, sh Jàpānka f Slovak: sk Japonec m, sk Japonka f, sk Japončík m colloquial Slovene: sl Japonec m, sl Japonka f Spanish: es japonés m, es japonesa f, es nipón m uncommon, es nipona f uncommon Swahili: sw Mjapani Swedish: sv japan c male, sv japanska c female Tagalog: tl Hapones Tajik: tg японӣ, tg япон, tg ҷопонӣ, tg ҷопон Thai: th คนญี่ปุ่น kon yîi-bpùn Tibetan: bo ཉི་ཧོང་གི་མི Turkish: tr Japon Turkmen: tk ýapon Ukrainian: uk япо́нець m, uk япо́нка f Urdu: ur جاپانی jāpānī Uyghur: ug ياپون Uzbek: uz yapon Vietnamese: vi người Nhật Volapük: ♂♀ vo Yapänan, ♂ vo hi-Yapänan, ♀ vo ji-Yapänan Yaeyama: rys Yiddish: yi יאַפּאַנער m Yonaguni: yoi Proper noun en Q5287A language that is primarily spoken in East Asia and is the official language of Japan. en I’ve been studying Japanese for three years, and I still can’t order pizza in Tokyo! en John Malathronas Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn? w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/learn-a-foreign-language-wellness 2021-04-25 What Japanese you speak also depends on your gender. There’s a “rough” language for men and a more “ladylike” language for women, but you must understand both. https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023413/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/learn-a-foreign-language-wellness The ability of a person to communicate in Japanese. Japanese language and literature as an object of study. Synonyms en Nipponese dated, en Nihongo Translations Japanese language Afrikaans: af Japannees Ainu: ain シサㇺ イタㇰ sisam itak Albanian: sq gjuha japoneze Altai: Southern Altai: alt јопон тил Arabic: ar اَلْيَابَانِيَّة f, ar يَابَانِيّ m, ar يَابَانِيَّة Armenian: hy ճապոներեն Asturian: ast xaponés Azerbaijani: az Yapon dili Banjarese: bjn bahasa Japang Basque: eu japoniera Belarusian: be япо́нская мо́ва f, be япо́нская f Bengali: bn জাপানি ভাষা f, bn জাপানি Bulgarian: bg япо́нски m ези́к Catalan: ca japonès m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 日本話 jat6 bun2 waa6-2, yue 日文 jat6 man4-2, yue 和文 wo4 man4 written Eastern Min: cdo 日本話 Nĭk-buōng-uâ, cdo 日本語 Nĭk-buōng-ngṳ̄, cdo 日語 Nĭk-ngṳ̄ Hokkien: nan-hbl 日本語 Ji̍t-pún-oē Mandarin: spoken language cmn 日語 Rìyǔ, written language cmn 日文 Rìwén, rare cmn 日本話 Rìběnhuà, rare cmn 日本語 Rìběnyǔ, rare cmn 日本文 Rìběnwén Cornish: kw Nihonek m, kw Japanek m Czech: cs japonština f Danish: da japansk Dutch: nl Japans Esperanto: eo japana lingvo Estonian: et jaapani keel Faroese: fo japanskur n japanskt adjective Finnish: fi japani, fi japanin kieli French: fr japonais m Galician: gl xaponés m Georgian: ka იაპონური ენა, ka იაპონური ენა German: de Japanisch n Greek: el ιαπωνικά n-p Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug hapõñe'ẽ Gujarati: gu જાપાની ભાષા f Hawaiian: haw ‘Ōlelo Iāpana Hebrew: he יָפָּנִית f yapanit Hindi: hi जापानी f, hi जापानी भाषा f Hungarian: hu japán Icelandic: is japanska f Indonesian: id bahasa Jepang Interlingua: ia japonese Irish: ga Seapáinis f Italian: it giapponese m Japanese: ja 日本語 nihongo, ja ジャパニーズ Japanīzu colloquial Javanese: jv basa Jepang Kazakh: kk жапон тілі, kk жапонша Khmer: km ភាសាជប៉ុន phiəsaa cĕəʾpon Korean: ko ^일본어(日本語), ko ^일어(日語), ko ^일본말 Kyrgyz: ky жапон тили Lao: lo ພາສາຍີ່ປຸ່ນ Latin: la lingua Japonica f, la lingua Iaponica f Latvian: lv japāņu valoda f Lithuanian: lt japonų kalba f Luxembourgish: lb Japanesch n Macedonian: mk јапонски m ја́зик Malay: ms bahasa Jepun Malayalam: ml ജാപ്പനീസ് Manchu: mnc ᡰᡳᠪᡝᠨ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ Māori: mi Reo Hapani Mapudungun: arn kapon dungun Marathi: mr जापानी Miyako: mvi 大和口 Yamatu-futsu Mongolian: mn япон хэл Navajo: nv Nííhon bizaad, nv Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé Norwegian: Bokmål: nb japansk m Nynorsk: nn japansk m Occitan: oc japonés m Okinawan: ryu 大和口 Yamatu-guchi Orok: oaa се̄са кэсэни Persian: fa ژاپنی žâponi, fa زبان ژاپنی zabân-e žâponi Polish: język pl japoński m-in, pl japońszczyzna f Portuguese: pt japonês m Romanian: ro limba japoneză f, ro japoneză f Romansh: rm giapunais m Russian: ru япо́нский язы́к, ru япо́нский m Sardinian: sc giaponesu m, sc giapponesu m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh ја̀па̄нскӣ m језик Latin: sh jàpānskī m jezik Sinhalese: si ජපන්, si ජපන් භාෂාව Slovak: sk japončina f Slovene: sl japonski m jezik, sl japonščina Spanish: es japonés m, es ponja m Andes Swahili: sw Kijapani Swedish: sv japanska Tajik: tg ҷопонӣ, tg забони ҷопонӣ Tamil: ta ஜப்பானிய மொழி Telugu: te జపనీసు Thai: th ภาษาญี่ปุ่น paa-sǎa yîi-bpùn Tigrinya: ti ጃፓንኛ Turkish: tr Japonca Turkmen: tk ýapon dili Ukrainian: uk японська f мо́ва Urdu: ur جاپانی f jāpānī Uzbek: uz yapon, uz yapon tili Vietnamese: vi tiếng Nhật Volapük: vo Yapänapük Yaeyama: rys 大和物言 Yamatu-muni Yiddish: yi יאַפּאַניש n Yonaguni: yoi 大和物言 Damatun-munui Derived terms en Japanese scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis species) anti-Japanese Blackanese Cap-enese Hall's Japanese honeysuckle jandal Janglish Japanazi Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata species) Japanese apricot Japanese archipelago Japanese ash Japanese aspen Japanese azalea Japanese barberry Japanese bear Japanese beech Japanese black bear Japanese Bobtail Japanese bunching onion (Allium fistulosum species) Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone species) Japanese cake Japanese chestnut Japanese climbing fern Japanese clock Japanese clover Japanese crab Japanese crested ibis Japanese curry Japanese deer Japanese dogwood Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus species) Japanese earth Japanese encephalitis Japanese English Japanese fever Japanese flood fever Japanese full stop Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus species) Japanese holly Japanese honeysuckle Japanese iris Japanese ivy Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica species) Japanese lacquer tree Japanese lantern (Alkekengi officinarum species, syn. Physalis alkekengi species) Japanese lilac Japanesely Japanese millet Japanese monkey Japaneseness Japanese nightingale Japanese pagoda tree Japanese pampas grass Japanese peanut Japanese pear Japanese pheasant Japanese pine Japanese pond smelt Japanese porcupine crab Japanese river fever Japanese rose Japanesery Japanese sea bass Japanese sea lion (Zalophus japonicus species) Japanese shield fern Japanese silkmoth Japanese slipper Japanese smelt Japanese spiny lobster Japanese spitz Japanese squash Japanese squirrel Japanese stiltgrass Japanese studies Japanese sumac Japanese theorem Japanese tree lilac Japanese umbrella pine Japanese weasel Japanese wolf Japanesey Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata species) Japanesish Japanglish Japanoise Japino Japinoy Japlish Jenglish Middle Japanese Russo-Japanese Sinico-Japanese Sino-Japanese Spicanese Trumpanese wapanese Yapanese Descendants ja ジャパニーズ 1 See also en Japan en Japanophile en Nipponize en Jap ja Further reading 1 ja jpn jpn Anagrams en aaeejnps Japanees en Japanese Ethnonyms Japan Languages Nationalities Afrikaans Adjective af adjective form af Japanees Noun af noun form af Japanees German Etymology From de Japan ese, after the model of earlier de pt japonês, de la-new japonensis, etc. Noun m.weak de obsolete de Japaner Japanese person Declension m.weak de Ethnonyms Nationalities Japan