Sea of Japan

English

map showing the Sea of Japan

Proper noun

the Sea of Japan

1. The body of water 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 (Yapon diñgeźe)
• 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
• Danish: Japanske Hav n
• Dutch: Japanse Zee f
• Eastern Mari: Япо́н теҥыз (JApón teŋyz)
• Esperanto: Japana Maro
• Estonian: Jaapani meri
• Finnish: Japaninmeri
• French: mer du Japon (fr) f
• 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)
• Guaraní: 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 (lo) (tha lē nyī pun)
• Latin: Mare Iaponicum 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)
• 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)
• Quechua: Nihun hatun qucha
• Romanian: Marea Japoniei f
• Russian: Япо́нское мо́ре (ru) n (Japónskoje móre)
• Samogitian: Japuonėjės jūra f
• Scots: Sea o Japan
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Јапанско мо̑ре n

  Roman: 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 (Bahri 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
• West Frisian: Japanske See c
• Western Panjabi: جپانی سمندر

Further reading

• Sea of Japan naming dispute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia