Japanophile

English

Etymology

From Japan +‎ -o- +‎ -phile.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: jə-păn'ə-fīl', jə-păn'ō-fīl', IPA^(key): /dʒəˌpænə(ʊ)ˈfaɪl/
• Rhymes: -aɪl

Noun

Japanophile (plural Japanophiles)

1. A person who loves the country, culture, or people of Japan.

   Synonym: Nipponophile

   Antonyms: Japanophobe, Nipponophobe

   • 1990 December 9, Brian Scott Carr, “Erotic Art From Japan”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 21, page 8:

     I am convinced that this book is not solely of interest to Japanophiles. The quality of Sado Hasegawa's work shines through and the book should prove to be a valued asset to any home library and is beautiful for display.

Related terms

• Japanologist
• Japanophilia
• Japanophilic

Translations

A person who loves Japan

• Bulgarian: японофи́л m (japonofíl), японофи́лка f (japonofílka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哈日族 (zh) (hārìzú), 親日派／亲日派 (zh) (qīnrìpài), 哈日 (zh) (hārì), 精日 (zh) (jīngrì) (derogatory)

• Finnish: japanofiili
• French: japonophile (fr) m or f, nippophile (fr) m or f
• Galician: xaponófilo m
• German: Japanophil m
• Italian: nippofilo (it) m
• Japanese: 親日派 (しんにちは, shinnichiha), 哈日族 (hārīzū) (from Chinese), ジャパノファイル (japanofairu) (from English)
• Korean: 지일파(知日派) (jiilpa)
• Portuguese: nipófilo (pt) m
• Russian: японофи́л m (japonofíl), японофи́лка f (japonofílka)
• Spanish: nipofilo m, japonofilo m
• Swedish: japanofil c, nippofil c
• Vietnamese: Thân Nhật Bản

See also

• Thesaurus:xenophile