Land of the Rising Sun
English
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/260px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png)
Etymology
Loose calque of Japanese 日本 (Nihon, “Japan”, literally “origin of the sun”), or partial calque of Japanese 日の本の国 (Hinomoto-no-kuni, literally “land of the sun's origin”).
Proper noun
Translations
Japan
Loose calque of Japanese 日本 (Nihon, “Japan”, literally “origin of the sun”), or partial calque of Japanese 日の本の国 (Hinomoto-no-kuni, literally “land of the sun's origin”).