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Japanese (comparative more Japanese, superlative most Japanese)
- of or relating to Japan.
- 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.
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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.
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- (person in or from Japan): The singular “a Japanese” is less common than locutions using the adjective, such as “a Japanese person”.
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person of Japan
- Afrikaans: Japannees af(af)
- Arabic: ياباني (yabāni) m., يابانية (yabaníyya) f.
- Armenian: ճապոնացի hy(hy) (č̣aponac’i)
- Bosnian: Japanac bs(bs) m., Japanka bs(bs) f.
- Catalan: japonès ca(ca) m., japonesa ca(ca) f.
- Chinese: 日本人 (Rìběn rén)
- Croatian: Japanac hr(hr) m., Japanka hr(hr) f.
- Czech: Japonec cs(cs) m., Japonka cs(cs) f.
- Danish: japaner da(da), japanere da(da) pl.
- Dutch: Japanner nl(nl), Japanees nl(nl); Japanese nl(nl)
- Esperanto: Japano eo(eo); Japanino eo(eo)
- Estonian: jaapanlane et(et) (for male, female), jaapanlanna et(et) (for female), jaapanlased et(et) (for plural)
- Finnish: japanilainen fi(fi)
- French: Japonais fr(fr) m., Japonaise fr(fr) f.
- German: Japaner de(de) m., Japanerin de(de) f.
- Greek: Ιάπωνας el(el) (iaponas) m. and f.
- Hindi: जापानी hi(hi) (jāpānī)
- Hungarian: japán hu(hu)
- Icelandic: Japani is(is) m.
- Indonesian: orang Jepang id(id)
- Interlingua: japonese ia(ia)
- Italian: giapponese it(it) m. and f., giapponesi it(it) m. and f. pl.
- Japanese: 日本人 ja(ja) (にほんじん, nihonjin or にっぽんじん, nipponjin)
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- Korean: 일본인 (日本人, ilbon-in), 일본사람 (ilbon-saram)
- Latin: Iapo la(la) c.
- Lithuanian: japonas lt(lt) m.; japonė lt(lt) f.
- Malay: orang Jepun ms(ms)
- Navajo: Binaʼadaałtzózí
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: japaner no(no)
- Nynorsk: japanar no(no)
- Persian: ژاپنی fa(fa) (zhaponi)
- Polish: Japończyk pl(pl) m.; Japonka pl(pl) f.
- Portuguese: japonês pt(pt) m.; japonesa pt(pt) f., japoneses pt(pt) pl., japonesas pt(pt) f. pl.
- Romanian: japonez ro(ro) m., japoneză ro(ro) f.
- Russian: японец ru(ru) (japónets) m., японка ru(ru) (japónka) f., японцы ru(ru) (japóntsy) pl.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: Јапанац sr(sr) m., Јапанка sr(sr) f.
- Roman: Japanac sr(sr) m., Japanka sr(sr) f.
- Slovak: japonec sk(sk) m., japonka sk(sk) f., japončík sk(sk) m. (colloquial)
- Spanish: japonés es(es) m., japonesa es(es) f.
- Swedish: japan sv(sv) (for male), japanska sv(sv) (female), japaner sv(sv), japanskar sv(sv) pl.
- Thai: คนญี่ปุ่น th(th) (kon yêebpòon)
- Urdu: جاپانی (jāpānī)
- Vietnamese: người Nhật vi(vi)
- Volapük: Yapänan vo(vo)
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Japanese
- The main language spoken in Japan.
- I’ve been studying Japanese for three years, and I still can’t order pizza in Tokyo!
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