日本語

See also: 日本语

Chinese

		the sun's origin; where the sun originates; Japan	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (日本語)		日本	語
simp. (日本语)		日本	语

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìběnyǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat⁶ bun² jyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìběnyǔ [Phonetic: rìbényǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhběnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-pên³-yü³
    • Yale: r̀-běn-yǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhbeenyeu
    • Palladius: жибэньюй (žibɛnʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat⁶ bun² jyu⁵
    • Yale: yaht bún yúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁹ bun² jy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed⁶ bun² yu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚² puːn³⁵ jyː¹³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 日本語

1. Japanese language

Usage notes

• Like Nihongo in English, 日本語／日本语 (rìběnyǔ) is usually restricted to linguistic and language learning contexts, whilst 日文 (Rìwén) and 日語／日语 (Rìyǔ) are more commonly used in written and conversational situations respectively.

Synonyms

• 日文 (Rìwén)
• 日語／日语 (Rìyǔ)
• 日本話／日本话 (rìběnhuà)
• (Cantonese, slang) 㗎文

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	本	語
にち > にっ Grade: 1	ほん > ぽん Grade: 1	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
日	本	語
にち > に Grade: 1	ほん Grade: 1	ご Grade: 2
irregular

Etymology

From 日本 (Nihon, Nippon, “Japan”) +‎ 語 (-go, “language”).

Noun

日(に)本(ほん)語(ご) or 日(にっ)本(ぽん)語(ご) • (nihongo or nippongo) 

1. the Japanese language
   • 2002 March 9, Yumi Hotta with Obata, Takeshi, “[第](だい)[131](ひゃくさんじゅういち)[局](きょく)　[試](ため)される[伊](い)[角](すみ) [Game 131: Isumi’s Endeavor]”, in (deprecated template usage) ヒカルの碁 [Hikaru’s Go], volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 56:

     オレの日(に)本(ほん)語(ご)どう？悪(わる)くないだろ　韓(かん)国(こく)語(ご)と英(えい)語(ご)も話(はな)すんだぜ　趣(しゅ)味(み)だな語(ご)学(がく)は

     Ore no nihongo dō? Warukunai daro kankokugo to eigo mo hanasu n da ze Shumi da na gogaku wa

     How’s my Japanese? Not bad, right? I also speak Korean and English. I like learning languages.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
日	本	語

Noun

日本語 • (ilboneo) (hangeul 일본어)

1. Hanja form^? of 일본어 (“Japanese language”).