Sea of Japan

English

map showing the Sea of Japan

Proper noun

the Sea of Japan

1. The body of water between Japan and the Asian continent.

   Synonym: (especially South Korea) East Sea, 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
• Arabic: بَحْر اَلْيَابَان m (baḥr al-yābān)
• 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)
• Catalan: mar del Japó m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 日本海 (jat⁶ bun² hoi²)

  Mandarin: 日本海 (zh) (Rìběn hǎi)

  Min Dong: 日本海 (Nĭk-buōng-hāi)

  Min Nan: 日本海 (Ji̍t-pún-hái)

  Wu: 日本海 (zeq pen he)

• Chuvash: Япон тинӗсӗ (Jap̬on t̬inĕs̬ĕ)
• Czech: Japonské moře (cs) n
• Danish: Japanske Hav n
• Dutch: Japanse Zee f
• Eastern Mari:
• 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)
• Kazakh: Жапон теңізі (Japon teñızı)
• Khmer: សមុទ្រជប៉ុន (sɑɑmutrɔɔcpon)
• Korean: (seldom used by Koreans) 일본해 (Ilbonhae, literally “Sea of Japan”) (日本海), (South Korean) 동해 (Donghae, literally “East Sea”) (東海 (ko)), (North Korean) 조선동해 (Joseondonghae, literally “Eastern Sea of Korea”) (朝鮮東海)
• Kurdish: ,

  Kurmanji:

• Lao: ທະເລຍີ່ປຸ່ນ (lo) (tha lē nyī pun)
• Latin: Mare Iaponicum n
• Latvian: Japāņu jūra f
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• Limburgish: Japanszieë (li) f
• Lithuanian: Japonijos jūra f
• Livvi: Japounienmeri
• Low German:

  German Low German: Japaansche See n

• Macedonian: Јапонско Море n (Japonsko More)
• Malay: Laut Jepun
• 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: Japanhavet n
• Occitan: mar de Japon f
• 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
• 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 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