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Nippon +‎ -ize

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nipponize (third-person singular simple present nipponizes, present participle nipponizing, simple past and past participle nipponized)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become Japanese, as to customs, culture, or style.
    Synonyms: Japanize, Japanicize
  2. (transitive) To convert to katakana or to enable to work with the Japanese script.
  3. (transitive) To translate into Japanese.

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