Sea of Japan

English

map showing the Sea of Japan

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

the Sea of Japan

2. A marginal sea between Japan, Sakhalin, the Asian continent, and Jeju Island.

   Synonyms: East Sea (especially South Korea), East Sea of Korea

   Coordinate terms: Korea Strait, La Pérouse Strait

Translations

the sea between Japan and the rest of Asia

• Afrikaans: See van Japan
• Albanian: Deti i Japonisë m
• Amharic: የጃፓን ባሕር (yäǧapan baḥr)
• Arabic: بَحْر اَلْيَابَان m (baḥr al-yābān), بحر الشرق m (baḥr al-šarq, literally “East Sea”)
• Armenian: Ճապոնական ծով (Čaponakan cov)
• Assamese: জাপান সাগৰ (zapan xagor)
• Asturian: Mar de Xapón m
• Azerbaijani: Yapon dənizi (az)
• Bashkir: Япон диңгеҙе (Japon diŋgeźe)
• Basque: Japoniako itsasoa
• Belarusian: Япо́нскае мо́ра n (Japónskaje móra)
• Bengali: জাপান সাগর (japan śagor)
• Breton: Mor Japan m
• Bulgarian: Япо́нско мо́ре n (Japónsko móre)
• Burmese: ဂျပန်ပင်လယ် (gya.panpanglai)
• Catalan: mar del Japó m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 日本海 (jat⁶ bun² hoi²)

  Eastern Min: 日本海 (Nĭk-buōng-hāi)

  Hokkien: 日本海 (Ji̍t-pún-hái)

  Mandarin: 日本海 (zh) (Rìběn hǎi)

  Wu: 日本海

• Chuvash: Япон тинӗсӗ (Jap̬on t̬inĕs̬ĕ)
• Corsican: Mari di u Giappone m, Mar di u Giappone m, Mari di u Ghjappone m, Mar di u Ghjappone m
• Czech: Japonské moře (cs) n, Východní moře n (literally “East Sea”)
• Danish: Japanske Hav n
• Dutch: Japanse Zee f, Zee van Japan f
• Esperanto: Japana Maro
• Estonian: Jaapani meri
• Finnish: Japaninmeri (fi)
• French: mer du Japon (fr) f, mer de l'Est (fr) f (literally “East Sea”)
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Japanske See c, See fan Japan c

• Galician: mar do Xapón m
• Georgian: იაპონიის ზღვა (iaṗoniis zɣva)
• German: Japanisches Meer (de) n
• Greek: Ιαπωνική Θάλασσα f (Iaponikí Thálassa), Θάλασσα της Ιαπωνίας f (Thálassa tis Iaponías)
• Guarani:

  Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} Para Hapõ

• Hebrew: יַם יַפָּן m (yam yapán)
• Hindi: जापान सागर m (jāpān sāgar)
• Hungarian: Japán-tenger (hu)
• Icelandic: Japanshaf n
• Ilocano: Baybay ti Hapon
• Indonesian: Laut Jepang
• Irish: Muir na Seapáine f
• Italian: Mar del Giappone m
• Japanese: 日本海 (ja) (にほんかい, Nihonkai)
• Kannada: ಜಪಾನ್ ಸಮುದ್ರ (japān samudra)
• Kazakh: Жапон теңізі (Japon teñızı)
• Khmer: សមុទ្រជប៉ុន (sɑɑmutrɔɔcpon)
• Korean: (seldom used by Koreans) 일본해(日本海) (ko) (Ilbonhae, literally “Sea of Japan”), (South Korean) 동해(東海) (ko) (Donghae, literally “East Sea”), (North Korean) 조선동해(朝鮮東海) (ko) (Joseondonghae, literally “Eastern Sea of Korea”)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Deryaya Japanî, Deryaya Japanê, Derya Japon

• Kyrgyz: Жапон деңизи (Japon deŋizi)
• Lao: ທະເລຍີ່ປຸ່ນ (tha lœ̄i pun)
• Latin: Mare Iaponicum n, Mare Iaponiae n
• Latvian: Japāņu jūra f
• Limburgish: Japanszieë f
• Lithuanian: Japonijos jūra f
• Livvi: Japounienmeri
• Macedonian: Јапонско Море n (Japonsko More)
• Malay: Laut Jepun
• Malayalam: ജപ്പാൻ കടൽ (jappāṉ kaṭal)
• Maltese: Baħar tal-Ġappun m
• Manchu: ᡩᡝᡵᡤᡳ
  ᠮᡝᡩᡝᡵᡳ (dergi mederi)
• Marathi: जपानचा समुद्र m (japāncā samudra)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: Япо́н теҥыз (JApón teŋyz)

• Mingrelian: იაპონიაშ ზუღა (iaṗoniaš zuɣa)
• Mongolian: Япон тэнгис (Japon tengis)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Japanhavet n

  Nynorsk: Japanhavet n

• Occitan: mar de Japon m, mar del Japon m
• Persian: دریای ژاپن (daryâ-ye žâpon)
• Polish: Morze Japońskie (pl) n
• Portuguese: Mar do Japão m
• Punjabi: ਜਪਾਨ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ m (japān samundar)

  Western Punjabi: جپانی سمندر (jpānī smndr)

• Quechua: Nihun hatun qucha
• Romanian: Marea Japoniei f
• Russian: Япо́нское мо́ре (ru) n (Japónskoje móre)
• Samogitian: Japuonėjės jūra f
• Sardinian: Mare de su Giapone m
• Scots: Sea o Japan, See o Japan
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Јапанско мо̑ре n

  Latin: Japansko mȏre n

• Slovak: Japonské more n
• Slovene: Japonsko morje n
• Somali: Badda Jabaan
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Japańske mórjo n

  Upper Sorbian: Japanske morjo n

• Spanish: mar del Japón m
• Sundanese: ᮜᮅᮒ᮪ ᮏᮨᮕᮀ (laut jepang)
• Swahili: Bahari ya Japani
• Swedish: Japanska havet n
• Tagalog: Dagat ng Hapon, Dagat Hapon
• Tajik: Баҳри Ҷопон (Bahr-i Jopon)
• Tamil: யப்பான் கடல் (yappāṉ kaṭal)
• Tatar: Япо́н диңгезе́ (Yapón diñgezé)
• Telugu: జపాన్ సముద్రం (japān samudraṁ)
• Thai: ทะเลญี่ปุ่น (tá-lay yêe-bpùn)
• Turkish: Japon Denizi
• Turkmen: Ýapon deňzi
• Ukrainian: Япо́нське мо́ре (uk) n (Japónsʹke móre)
• Urdu: بحیرہ جاپان m
• Uzbek: Yapon dengizi
• Veps: Japonijan meri
• Vietnamese: biển Nhật Bản
• Waray-Waray: Dagat Hapon
• Welsh: Môr Japan m

Further reading

• Sea of Japan naming dispute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia