Japanophilia

English

Etymology

From Japano- (“Japan”) +‎ -philia.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: jə-păn'ə-filʹĭ-ə, jə-păn'ō-filʹĭ-ə, IPA^(key): /dʒəˌpanə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪ.ə/
• (US) enPR: jə-păn'ə-filʹē-ə, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˌpænəˈfɪli.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɪliə

Noun

Japanophilia (uncountable)

1. A strong interest in the country, culture, or people of Japan.

   Synonym: Nipponophilia

   Antonyms: Japanophobia, Nipponophobia

Related terms

• Japanophile
• Japanophilic

Translations

strong interest in Japan

• Arabic: يَابَانُوفِيلِيَا f (yābānūfīliyā)
• Bulgarian: японофи́лия f (japonofílija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 親日性／亲日性 (qīnrìxìng)

• Finnish: japanofilia
• French: nippophilie f, japonophilie (fr) f
• German: Japanophilie f
• Greek: ιαπωνοφιλία f (iaponofilía)
• Indonesian: Japanofilia
• Italian: nippofilia f
• Japanese: 親日性 (しんにちせい, shinnichisei)
• Korean: 친일성 (chinilseong)
• Macedonian: јапонофилија f (japonofilija)
• Portuguese: nipofilia f
• Russian: японофи́лия f (japonofílija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јапанофѝлија f

  Roman: japanofìlija f

• Spanish: japonofilia f, nipofilia f, niponofilia f
• Swedish: japanofili c, nippofili c
• Vietnamese: thân Nhật Bản, chuộng Nhật Bản, sính Nhật Bản