Japanesey

English

Etymology

Japanese +‎ -y

Adjective

Japanesey (comparative more Japanesey, superlative most Japanesey)

1. Somewhat Japanese; affecting a Japanese style.
   • 1922, Harper's Magazine:

     The lawns are spotted with curious, low-spreading, Japanesey-looking trees, and under these trees students squat on the grass with their books.

   • 1973, Daniel Joseph Boorstin, The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-events in America:

     The American tourist in Japan looks less for what is Japanese than for what is Japanesey.

Derived terms

• easy peasy Japanesey