English [ edit ] Wikipedia
Etymology [ edit ] From Japan -ese
Pronunciation [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] 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 [ edit ]
of or relating to Japan
Afrikaans: Japannees (af)
Arabic: يَابَانِيّ m yābāniyy ), يَابَانِيَّة (ar) f yābāniyya )
Armenian: ճապոնական čaponakan )
Asturian: xaponés (ast)
Basque: japoniar
Catalan: japonès (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 日本的 (zh) (Rìběn de ), 日 (zh) (Rì- ) ( used in compounds )
Czech: japonský (cs) m
Danish: japansk
Dutch: Japans (nl) , Japanse (nl)
Esperanto: japana (eo)
Estonian: jaapani
Faroese: japanskur
Finnish: japanilainen (fi) ; japaninkielinen (fi)
French: japonais (fr)
Galician: xaponés (gl)
Georgian: იაპონური iaṗonuri )
German: japanisch (de)
Greek: ιαπωνικός (el) (iaponikós )
Hawaiian: Kepanī Iāpana
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 Ilbon-ui ), 일 (ko) (Il- )
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 .
( uncountable ) Japanese food .
Let’s go out to eat. I’m in the mood for Japanese .
Usage notes [ edit ] As with all nouns formed from -ese 日本人 in Chinese characters (Japanese kanji ).
Translations [ edit ]
person of Japan
Afrikaans: Japannees (af)
Arabic: يَابَانِيّ m yābāniyy ), يَابَانِيَّة (ar) f yābāniyya )
Armenian: ճապոնացի čaponacʿi )
Asturian: xaponés (ast) m
Basque: japoniar
Catalan: japonès (ca) m japonesa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 日本人 (zh) (Rìběnrén )
Czech: Japonec (cs) m Japonka (cs) f
Danish: japaner (da) , japanere pl
Dutch: Japanner (nl) , Japanees Japanese (nl)
Esperanto: Japano Japanino
Estonian: jaapanlane ( for male, female ) jaapanlanna ( for female ) jaapanlased ( for plural )
Faroese: japani m japanari m japansmaður m
Finnish: japanilainen (fi)
French: Japonais (fr) m Japonaise (fr) f
Galician: xaponés (gl) m xaponesa f
Georgian: იაპონელი iaṗoneli )
German: Japaner (de) m Japanerin (de) f Japanese (de) m
Greek: Ιάπωνας (el) m Iáponas ), Ιαπωνίδα f Iaponída )
Hawaiian: Iāpana Kepanī
Hindi: जापानी (hi) (jāpānī )
Hungarian: japán (hu)
Icelandic: Japani (is) m
Indonesian: orang Jepang
Interlingua: japonese (ia)
Italian: giapponese (it) m , 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) (ilbonin ) (日本人 , ilbon-in), 일본사람 ilbon-saram )
Latin: Iapo c
Latvian: japānis m japāniete f
Lithuanian: japonas (lt) m japonė (lt) f
Malay: orang Jepun
Navajo: Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé
Norwegian:
Bokmål: japaner (no) m
Nynorsk: japanar (no) m
Occitan: japonés (oc) m
Persian: ژاپنی (fa) (zhaponi )
Polish: Japończyk (pl) m pers Japonka (pl) f
Portuguese: japonês (pt) m japonesa (pt) f
Romanian: japonez (ro) m japoneză (ro) f
Romansch: giapunais m giapunaisa f
Russian: япо́нец (ru) m japónec ), япо́нка (ru) f japónka )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Јапанац m Јапанка f
Roman: Japanac (sh) m Japanka f
Slovak: japonec m japonka f japončík m ( colloquial )
Southern Altai: јопон copon )
Spanish: japonés (es) m japonesa (es) f
Swahili: Mjapani (sw)
Swedish: japan (sv) c ( male ) japanska (sv) c ( female )
Tagalog: Hapones (tl)
Thai: คนญี่ปุ่น kon yêebpòon )
Turkish: Japon (tr)
Ukrainian: японець m japonecʹ ), японка f japonka )
Urdu: جاپانی jāpānī )
Vietnamese: người Nhật
Volapük: ( ♂♀ ) Yapänan (vo) , ( ♂ ) hi-Yapänan ( ♀ ) ji-Yapänan
Proper noun [ edit ] 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 [ edit ]
Japanese language
Afrikaans: Japannees (af)
Albanian: gjuha japoneze (sq)
Arabic: اَلْيَابَانِيَّة f al-yābāniyya ), يَابَانِيّ m yābāniyy )
Armenian: ճապոներեն (hy) (čaponeren )
Asturian: xaponés (ast)
Azeri: Yapon dili (az)
Banjarese: bahasa Japang
Basque: japoniera (eu)
Belarusian: япо́нская мо́ва f japónskaja móva ), япо́нская f japónskaja )
Bengali: জাপানি ভাষা f japani bhasha ), জাপানি japani )
Bulgarian: японски m japonski ) ( ези́к )
Catalan: japonès (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 日本話 jat6 bun2 waa6 ), 日文 jat6 man4 )
Mandarin: ( spoken language ) 日語 (zh) , 日语 (zh) (Rìyǔ ), ( written language ) 日文 (zh) (Rìwén ), ( rare ) 日本話 日本话 Rìběnhuà ), ( rare ) 日本語 (zh) , 日本语 Rìběnyǔ ), ( rare ) 日本文 Rìběnwén )
Min Nan: 日本語 (zh-min-nan) , 日本语 Ji̍t-pún-oē )
Czech: japonština (cs) f
Danish: japansk
Dutch: Japans (nl)
Esperanto: japana lingvo
Estonian: jaapani keel
Faroese: japanskt n ( adjective )
Finnish: japani (fi) , japanin kieli
French: japonais (fr) m
Galician: xaponés (gl) m
Georgian: იაპონური ენა iaṗonuri ena ), იაპონური iaṗonuri ) ( ენა )
German: Japanisch (de) n
Greek: ιαπωνικά (el) n pl iaponiká )
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: יָפָּנִית (he) f yapanit )
Hindi: जापानी (hi) f jāpānī )
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 )
Javanese: basa Jepang
Kazakh: жапон тілі japon tili )
Khmer: ភាសាជប៉ុន (km) (pīəsā jipun )
Korean: 일본어 (ko) (ilbon-eo ), 일어 (ko) (ir-eo ), 일본말 ilbon-mal )
Kyrgyz: жапон тили capon tili )
Lao: ພາສາຍີ່ປຸ່ນ (lo) (phā sā nyī pun )
Latin: ( also: lingua Japonica f ) lingua Iaponica f ( also: Japonice ) Iaponice
Latvian: japāņu valoda f
Lithuanian: japonų kalba (lt) f
Luxembourgish: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: јапонски m japonski ) ( ја́зик )
Malay: bahasa Jepun
Mapudungun: kapon dungun
Marathi: जापानी jāpānī )
Mongolian: япон хэл japon hel )
Navajo: Nííhon bizaad Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé
Norwegian:
Bokmål: japansk (no) m
Nynorsk: japansk (nn) m
Occitan: japonés (oc) m
Persian: ژاپنی (fa) (žâponi ), زبان ژاپنی zabân-e žâponi )
Polish: ( język ) japoński (pl) m inan
Portuguese: japonês (pt) m
Romanian: limba japoneză f japoneză (ro) f
Romansch: giapunais m
Russian: япо́нский язы́к (ru) m japónskij jazýk ), япо́нский (ru) m japónskij ) ( язы́к )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: јапански m ( језик )
Roman: japanski (sh) m ( jezik )
Sinhalese: ජපන් (si) (japan ), ජපන් භාෂාව japan bhāṣāva )
Slovak: japončina (sk) f
Slovene: japonski (sl) m ( jezik ) japonščina (sl)
Southern Altai: јопон тил copon til )
Spanish: japonés (es) m
Swahili: Kijapani
Swedish: japanska (sv)
Tajik: ҷопонӣ (tg) (joponī ), забони ҷопонӣ zaboni joponī )
Telugu: please add this translation if you can
Thai: ภาษาญี่ปุ่น (th) (paasăa yêebpòon )
Turkish: Japonca (tr)
Turkmen: ýapon dili
Ukrainian: японська (uk) f japonsʹka ) ( мо́ва )
Urdu: جاپانی f jāpānī )
Uzbek: yapon (uz) , yapon tili
Vietnamese: tiếng Nhật (vi)
Volapük: Yapänapük (vo)
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