Japanese

Etymology
From.

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/%dZ{p@"ni:z/}}

Adjective

 * Of, relating to, or derived from Japan, its language, or culture.
 * A Japanese saw is one that cuts on the pull stroke rather than on the push stroke.
 * In the United States, Japanese animation has had a tremendous surge in popularity over the last few years.

Translations

 * Arabic: ياباني, يابانية
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: japoniar
 * Bosnian:
 * Catalan: japonès, japonesa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: Japans, Japanse
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: japonais ; japonaise
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: japanskur, japansk, japanskt, japanskir, japanskar, japansk
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: japonese
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,   ,


 * Korean: 일본의,
 * Latin:
 * Lithuanian: japoniškas ; japoniška
 * Lojban: ponjo
 * Malay:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: japoński, japońska ; japońskie
 * Portuguese: japonês ; japonesa, nipônico, nipônica
 * Romanian: japonez, japoneză , japonezi , japoneze
 * Romansch: giapunais, giapunaisa
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: јапански
 * Roman: japanski
 * Slovak: japonský, japonská , japonské
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: Kijapani
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: японський
 * Urdu: جاپانی
 * Vietnamese: Nhật, thuộc Nhật
 * Volapük: Yapänik

Noun

 * 1) A person living in or coming from Japan, or of Japanese ancestry.
 * A Japanese will typically have black hair, brown eyes, and pale skin.
 * 1) * 2007 October 16, Madeleine Brand, "Japan Struggles to Meet Its CO2 Emissions Limits", Day to Day, National Public Radio,
 * Motoyuki Shibata isn't a typical Japanese.
 * 1)  Japanese food.
 * Let's go out to eat. I'm in the mood for Japanese.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Japannees
 * Arabic: (yabāni),  (yabaníyya)
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: japoniar
 * Bosnian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, Japanees;
 * Esperanto: Japano; Japanino
 * Estonian:, jaapanlanna , jaapanlased
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: japonese
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: (にほんじん, nihonjin or にっぽんじん, nipponjin)
 * Korean: 일본인 (日本人, ilbon-in), 일본사람 (ilbon-saram)


 * Latin: Iapo
 * Lithuanian: ; japonė
 * Malay: orang Jepun
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ;
 * Portuguese: ;, ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: giapunais, giapunaisa
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:, Јапанка
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: japonec, japonka, japončík
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: Mjapani
 * Swedish:,  , , japanskor
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: японець,
 * Urdu: (jāpānī)
 * Vietnamese: người Nhật
 * Volapük:,  ,

Proper noun

 * 1) The main language spoken in Japan.
 * I’ve been studying Japanese for three years, and I still can’t order pizza in Tokyo!

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Japannees
 * Arabic: اليابانية, ياباني
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:
 * Basque: japoniera
 * Bosnian:
 * Catalan: japonès
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: ,
 * Mandarin: (spoken language), , (written language) , 日本話, 日本话,  , ,  日本文
 * Min Dong: 日本話
 * Min Nan: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: japana lingvo
 * Estonian: jaapani
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua: japonese
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua: japonese


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: (にほんご, nihongo)
 * Khmer: ភាសាជប៉ុន
 * Korean:, , 일본말
 * Lao: ພາສາຍີ່ປຸ່ນ
 * Latin: lingua Iaponica (also: lingua Japonica ), Iaponice (also: Japonice)
 * Lithuanian:
 * Malay: bahasa Jepun
 * Mapudungun:
 * Marathi: जापानी (jāpānī)
 * Mongolian: япон хэл
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:, زبان ژاپنی
 * Polish: język japoński
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: limba japoneză, japoneză
 * Romansch: giapunais
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: јапански
 * Roman: japanski
 * Sinhalese: ජපන්
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: Kijapani
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: ҷопонӣ, забони ҷопонӣ
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: جاپانی
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: Yapänapük

Derived terms

 * Japanese amberjack
 * Japanese Bobtail
 * Japanese bunching onion
 * Japanese cuisine
 * Japanese encephalitis
 * Japanese food
 * Japanese giant salamander
 * Japanese knotweed
 * Japanese lantern
 * Japanese sea lion
 * Japanese slipper
 * Japanese spitz
 * Japanese yew

Synonyms

 * Nihongo