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Etymology
From Japan + -ese.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Japanese (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or derived from Japan, its language, or culture.
- A Japanese saw is one that cuts on the pull stroke rather than on the push stroke.
- In the United States, Japanese animation has had a tremendous surge in popularity over the last few years.
Translations
of or relating to Japan
- Afrikaans: Japannees (af)
- Arabic: ياباني (ar) (yabaaniy) m, يابانية (ar) (yabaníyya) f
- Armenian: ճապոնական (hy) (č̣aponakan)
- Asturian: xaponés (ast)
- Basque: japoniar (eu)
- Catalan: japonès (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 日本的 (cmn) (Rìběn de), 日 (cmn) (Rì-) (used in compounds)
- Czech: japonský (cs) m
- Danish: japansk (da)
- Dutch: Japans (nl), Japanse (nl)
- Esperanto: japana (eo)
- Faroese: japanskur (fo)
- Finnish: japanilainen (fi); japaninkielinen (fi)
- French: japonais (fr)
- Galician: xaponés (gl)
- German: japanisch (de)
- Greek: ιαπωνικός (el) (iaponikós)
- Hindi: जापानी (hi) (jāpānī)
- Hungarian: japán (hu)
- Icelandic: japanskur (is)
- Indonesian: Jepang (id)
- Interlingua: japonese (ia)
- Italian: giapponese (it)
- Japanese: 日本 (ja) (にほん, Nihon-), 日本の (ja) (にほんの, Nihon-no), 日 (ja) (にち, Nichi-, にっ, Ni-) (used in compounds), 和 (ja) (わ, Wa-) (of language or style)
- Korean: 일본의 (ko) (Ilbon-ui), 일 (ko) (Il-)
- Latin: iaponicus (la)
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Noun
Japanese (plural Japanese)
- A person living in or coming from Japan, or of Japanese ancestry.
- A Japanese will typically have black hair, brown eyes, and pale skin.
- 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.
- Plural form of Japanese
- (uncountable) Japanese food.
- Let’s go out to eat. I’m in the mood for Japanese.
Usage notes
- (person in or from Japan): The singular “a Japanese” is less common than locutions using the adjective, such as “a Japanese person”, and may be considered offensive by many speakers.
Translations
person of Japan
- Afrikaans: Japannees (af)
- Arabic: ياباني (ar) (yabāni) m, يابانية (ar) (yabaníyya) f
- Armenian: ճապոնացի (hy) (č̣aponac’i)
- Asturian: xaponés (ast) m
- Basque: japoniar (eu)
- Catalan: japonès (ca) m, japonesa (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 日本人 (cmn) (Rìběnrén)
- Czech: Japonec (cs) m, Japonka (cs) f
- Danish: japaner (da), japanere (da) pl
- Dutch: Japanner (nl), Japanees (nl); Japanese (nl)
- Esperanto: Japano (eo); Japanino (eo)
- Estonian: jaapanlane (et) (for male, female), jaapanlanna (et) (for female), jaapanlased (et) (for plural)
- Faroese: japani (fo) m, japanari (fo) m, japansmaður (fo) m
- Finnish: japanilainen (fi)
- French: Japonais (fr) m, Japonaise (fr) f
- Galician: xaponés (gl) m, xaponesa (gl) f
- German: Japaner (de) m, Japanerin (de) f
- Greek: Ιάπωνας (el) (Iáponas) m, Ιαπωνίδα (el) (Iaponída) f
- Hindi: जापानी (hi) (jāpānī)
- Hungarian: japán (hu)
- Icelandic: Japani (is) m
- Indonesian: orang Jepang (id)
- Interlingua: japonese (ia)
- Italian: giapponese (it) m and f
- Japanese: 日本人 (ja) (にほんじん, nihonjin or にっぽんじん, nipponjin)
- Khmer: ជប៉ុន (km) (cea’pon)
- Korean: 일본인 (ko) (日本人, ilbon-in), 일본사람 (ilbon-saram)
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- Latin: Iapo (la) c
- Lithuanian: japonas (lt) m; japonė (lt) f
- Malay: orang Jepun (ms)
- Navajo: Binaʼadaałtzózí
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: japaner (no) m
- Nynorsk: japanar (no) m
- Occitan: japonés (oc) m
- Persian: ژاپنی (fa) (zhaponi)
- Polish: Japończyk (pl) m; Japonka (pl) f
- Portuguese: japonês (pt) m; japonesa (pt) f
- Romanian: japonez (ro) m, japoneză (ro) f
- Romansch: giapunais (rm) m, giapunaisa (rm) f
- Russian: японец (ru) (japónec) m, японка (ru) (japónka) f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Јапанац (sh) m, Јапанка (sh) f
- Roman: Japanac (sh) m, Japanka (sh) f
- Slovak: japonec (sk) m, japonka (sk) f, japončík (sk) m (colloquial)
- Spanish: japonés (es) m, japonesa (es) f
- Swahili: Mjapani (sw)
- Swedish: japan (sv) c (male), japanska (sv) c (female)
- Tagalog: Hapones (tl)
- Thai: คนญี่ปุ่น (th) (kon yêebpòon)
- Turkish: Japon (tr)
- Ukrainian: японець (uk) (japónec') m, японка (uk) (japónka) f
- Urdu: جاپانی (ur) (jāpānī)
- Vietnamese: người Nhật (vi)
- Volapük: (male or female) Yapänan (vo), (male) hi-Yapänan (vo), (female) ji-Yapänan (vo)
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Proper noun
Japanese
- The main language spoken in Japan.
- I’ve been studying Japanese for three years, and I still can’t order pizza in Tokyo!
Translations
Japanese language
- Afrikaans: Japannees (af)
- Albanian: gjuha japoneze (sq)
- Arabic: اليابانية (ar) (al-yabāníyya) f, ياباني (ar) (yabānī) m
- Armenian: ճապոներեն (hy) (č̣aponeren)
- Asturian: xaponés (ast)
- Azeri: Yapon dili (az)
- Basque: japoniera (eu)
- Belarusian: японская (be) (japónskaja) f (мо́ва)
- Bengali: জাপানি ভাষা (bn) (japani bhasha) f, জাপানি (bn) (japani)
- Bulgarian: японски (bg) (japónski) m (ези́к)
- Catalan: japonès (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 日本話 (jat6 bun2 waa6), 日文 (jat6 man4)
- Mandarin: (spoken language) 日語 (cmn), 日语 (cmn) (Rìyǔ), (written language) 日文 (cmn) (Rìwén), (rare) 日本話 (cmn), 日本话 (cmn) (Rìběnhuà), (rare) 日本語 (cmn), 日本语 (cmn) (Rìběnyǔ), (rare) 日本文 (cmn) (Rìběnwén)
- Min Nan: 日本語 (nan), 日本语 (nan) (Ji̍t-pún-oē)
- Czech: japonština (cs) f
- Danish: japansk (da)
- Dutch: Japans (nl)
- Esperanto: japana lingvo
- Estonian: jaapani keel (et)
- Faroese: japanskt (fo) n (adjective)
- Finnish: japani (fi), japanin kieli (fi)
- French: japonais (fr) m
- Galician: xaponés (gl) m
- Georgian: იაპონური ენა (ka) (iaponuri ena), იაპონური (ka) (iaponuri) (ენა)
- German: Japanisch (de) n
- Greek: ιαπωνικά (el) (iaponiká) n pl
- Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
- Hebrew: יָפָּנִית (he) (yapanit) f
- Hindi: जापानी (hi) (jāpānī) f
- Hungarian: japán (hu)
- Icelandic: japanska (is) f
- Indonesian: bahasa Jepang (id), Bahasa Jepang (id)
- Interlingua: japonese (ia)
- Italian: giapponese (it) m
- Japanese: 日本語 (ja) (にほんご, nihongo)
- Khmer: ភាសាជប៉ុន (km) (pīəsā jipun)
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