Wiktionary
From Japan + -ese after the model of earlier Portuguese japonês , New Latin japonensis , French japonais , etc.
Japanese (not comparable )
Of, relating to, or derived from Japan , its people , 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.
2013 February 6, Hideo Otake, “Revising the Interpretation of the Japanese Economy”, in Michio Muramatsu, Frieder Naschold, editors, State and Administration in Japan and Germany: A Comparative Perspective on Continuity and Change [1] , page 319 :Japanese retail stores have strove to, and have succeeded in, fulfilling these severe demands, and in doing so, have constantly had to innovate both technologically and institutionally in order to keep up with the competition.
of or relating to Japan
Afrikaans: Japannees (af) , Japans (af)
Albanian: japonez (sq)
Arabic: يَابَانِيّ ( yābāniyy )
Armenian: ճապոնական (hy) ( čaponakan )
Asturian: xaponés (ast)
Azerbaijani: yapon (az)
Basque: japoniar
Belarusian: япо́нскі ( japónski )
Bengali: জাপানি (bn) ( japani )
Bulgarian: япо́нски ( japónski )
Burmese: ဂျပန် ( gya.pan )
Catalan: japonès (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 日本的 (zh) ( Rìběn de ) , 日 (zh) ( Rì- ) ( used in compounds )
Czech: japonský (cs) m
Danish: japansk
Dutch: Japans (nl) , Japanse (nl) , Nippons ( dated )
Esperanto: japana (eo)
Estonian: jaapani
Faroese: japanskur
Finnish: japanilainen (fi) , japaninkielinen (fi)
French: japonais (fr)
Friulian: gjaponês
Galician: xaponés (gl) m , xaponesa f
Georgian: იაპონური (ka) ( iaṗonuri )
German: japanisch (de)
Greek: ιαπωνικός (el) ( iaponikós )
Hawaiian: Kepanī , Iāpana
Hebrew: יַפָּנִי ( yapáni )
Hindi: जापानी (hi) ( jāpānī )
Hungarian: japán (hu)
Icelandic: japanskur (is)
Indonesian: Jepang (id)
Interlingua: japonese (ia)
Irish: Seapánach
Italian: giapponese (it) , nipponico (it) m
Japanese: 日本 (ja) ( Nihon, Nippon ) , 日本の ( Nihon no..., Nippon no... ) , 日 (ja) ( Nichi-, Ni- ) ( used in compounds ) , 和 (ja) ( Wa- ) ( of language or style )
Kazakh: жапон ( japon )
Khmer: ជប៉ុន (km) ( cĕəʼpon )
Korean: 일본(日本) 의 ( ilbon-ui ) , 일(日) (ko) ( il ) , 왜(倭) (ko) ( wae ) ( of ancient Japan )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: japonî (ku)
Kyrgyz: жапон ( japon )
Lao: ຍີ່ປຸ່ນ (lo) ( nyī pun )
Latin: japonensis , japonicus , nipponensis , nipponicus ( New Latin )
Latvian: japānisks , japāņu
Lithuanian: japoniškas m , japoniška f
Lombard: please add this translation if you can
Luxembourgish: japanesch
Macedonian: јапонски ( japonski )
Malay: Jepun (ms)
Malayalam: ജാപ്പനീസ് (ml) ( jāppanīsŭ )
Marathi: जापानी ( jāpānī )
Mongolian: япон ( japon )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: japansk (no)
Nynorsk: japansk (nn)
Occitan: japonés (oc)
Pashto: جاپانی (ps) ( ǰāpānáy )
Persian: ژاپنی (fa) ( žâponi )
Piedmontese: giaponèis
Polish: japoński (pl)
Portuguese: japonês (pt) , nipônico (pt)
Romani: źapanikano
Romanian: japonez (ro)
Romansch: giapunais m , giapunaisa f
Russian: япо́нский (ru) ( japónskij )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ја̀па̄нскӣ m
Roman: jàpānskī (sh) m
Slovak: japonský (sk)
Slovene: japonski (sl)
Spanish: japonés (es) , nipón (es) ( uncommon )
Swahili: Kijapani
Swedish: japansk (sv)
Tagalog: Hapon (tl)
Tajik: ҷопонӣ (tg) ( joponi ) , ҷопон ( jopon ) , японӣ (tg) ( yaponi ) , япон ( yapon )
Thai: ญี่ปุ่น (th) ( yîi-bpùn )
Tibetan: ཉི་ཧོང ( nyi hong ) , རི་པིན ( ri pin )
Turkish: Japon (tr)
Turkmen: ýapon (tk)
Ukrainian: япо́нський (uk) ( japónsʹkyj )
Urdu: جاپانی ( jāpānī )
Uyghur: ياپون ( yapon )
Uzbek: yapon (uz)
Vietnamese: Nhật (vi) (日 (vi) ), thuộc Nhật
Volapük: Yapänik (vo)
Yiddish: יאַפּאַניש ( yapanish )
Japanese (countable and uncountable , plural Japanese or Japaneses )
( countable , chiefly in the plural ) A person /people living in or coming from Japan , or of Japanese ancestry .
A Japanese will typically have black hair, brown eyes, and pale skin.
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 .
1938 , Ogden Nash, The Japanese :How courteous is the Japanese ; He always says, "Excuse it, please."
( uncountable ) Japanese food .
Let’s go out to eat. I’m in the mood for Japanese .
As with other terms for people formed with -ese , the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Japanese", "writing about Japanese cuisine as a Japanese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Japanese") or with a word like person , man , or woman ("writing about Japanese cuisine as a Japanese person"). See also -ish , which is similarly only used primarily as an adjective or as a plural noun. However it is rather frequent in East Asia as a translation for the demonym written 日本人 (rìběnrén ) in Chinese or 日本人 ( Nihonjin ) in Japanese .
person of Japan
Afrikaans: Japannees (af) , Japanner (af)
Ainu: シサㇺ ( sisam )
Albanian: japonez (sq) m
Aleut: Yapuunax̂ , Yapuunix̂
Arabic: يَابَانِيّ m ( yābāniyy ) , يَابَانِيَّة (ar) f ( yābāniyya )
Armenian: ճապոնացի ( čaponacʻi )
Asturian: xaponés (ast) m
Azerbaijani: yapon (az)
Basque: japoniar
Belarusian: япо́нец m ( japónjec ) , япо́нка f ( japónka )
Bengali: জাপানি (bn) ( japani )
Breton: japaneg (br) m
Bulgarian: япо́нец m ( japónec ) , япо́нка f ( japónka )
Catalan: japonès (ca) m , japonesa (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 日本人 ( jat6 bun2 jan4 )
Dungan: жыбынжын ( řɨbɨnřɨn )
Hokkien: 日本儂 / 日本侬 ( ji̍t-pún-lâng )
Mandarin: 日本人 (zh) ( rìběnrén ) , 日人 (zh) ( rìrén )
Czech: Japonec (cs) m , Japonka (cs) f
Danish: japaner (da) , japanere pl
Dutch: Japanner (nl) m , Japanse (nl) f
Esperanto: japano (eo) , japanino
Estonian: jaapanlane ( for male, female ) , jaapanlanna ( for female ) , jaapanlased ( for plural )
Faroese: japani m , japanari m , japansmaður m
Finnish: japanilainen (fi)
French: Japonais (fr) m , Japonaise (fr) f , Nippon (fr) m , Nippone f
Galician: xaponés (gl) m , xaponesa f
Georgian: იაპონელი ( iaṗoneli )
German: Japaner (de) m (Japanerin (de) f ; Japanese (de) m )
Greek: Ιάπωνας (el) m ( Iáponas ) , Ιαπωνίδα (el) f ( Iaponída )
Guaraní: hapõgua
Hawaiian: Iāpana , Kepanī
Hebrew: יַפָּנִי m ( yapáni ) , יַפָּנִית (he) f ( yapanít )
Hindi: जापानी (hi) ( jāpānī )
Hungarian: japán (hu)
Icelandic: Japani (is) m
Ido: Japoniano (io)
Indonesian: orang Jepang
Interlingua: japonese (ia)
Irish: Seapánach m
Italian: giapponese (it) m or f
Japanese: 日本人 (ja) ( Nihonjin, Nipponjin ) , ジャパニーズ (ja) ( Japanīzu ) ( colloquial )
Jeju: 웨인 ( wein )
Kazakh: жапон ( japon )
Khmer: ជប៉ុន (km) ( cea’pon )
Korean: 일본인(日本人) (ko) ( Ilbonin ) , 일본 사람 ( ilbon saram )
Early Modern Korean: 예 ( yey )
Middle Korean: 예〯 ( yěy )
Old Korean: 倭理 ( *YEri )
Kyrgyz: жапон ( japon )
Latin: Iapō m or f
Latvian: japānis m , japāniete f
Lithuanian: japonas (lt) m , japonė (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Japaner m , Japanerin f
Macedonian: Јапонец m ( Japonec ) , Јапонка f ( Japonka )
Malay: orang Jepun
Miyako: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: япон хүн ( japon xün )
Navajo: Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé
Nivkh: сисам ( sisam )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: japaner (no) m
Nynorsk: japanar (no) m
Occitan: japonés (oc) m , japonesa f
Okinawan: please add this translation if you can
Persian: ژاپنی (fa) ( žâponi )
Polish: Japończyk (pl) m pers , Japonka (pl) f
Portuguese: japonês (pt) m , japonesa (pt) f
Romani: źaponèzo m , źaponèza f , japànco m , japànka f
Romanian: japonez (ro) m , japoneză (ro) f
Romansch: giapunais m , giapunaisa f
Russian: япо́нец (ru) m ( japónec ) , япо́нка (ru) f ( japónka )
Sardinian: giaponesu m , giaponesa f , giapponesu m , giapponesa f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Јапа́нац m , Ја̀па̄нка f
Roman: Japánac (sh) m , Jàpānka f
Slovak: Japonec (sk) m , Japonka f , Japončík m ( colloquial )
Slovene: Japonec (sl) m , Japonka f
Southern Altai: јопон ( ǰopon )
Spanish: japonés (es) m , japonesa (es) f , nipón (es) m ( uncommon ) , nipona (es) f ( uncommon )
Swahili: Mjapani (sw)
Swedish: japan (sv) c ( male ) , japanska (sv) c ( female )
Tagalog: Hapones (tl)
Tajik: японӣ (tg) ( yaponi ) , япон ( yapon ) , ҷопонӣ (tg) ( joponi ) , ҷопон ( jopon )
Thai: คน ญี่ปุ่น ( kon yîi-bpùn )
Tibetan: ཉི་ཧོང་གི་མི ( nyi hong gi mi )
Turkish: Japon (tr)
Turkmen: ýapon (tk)
Ukrainian: япо́нець (uk) m ( japónecʹ ) , япо́нка f ( japónka )
Urdu: جاپانی ( jāpānī )
Uyghur: ياپون ( yapon )
Uzbek: yapon (uz)
Vietnamese: người Nhật
Volapük: ( ♂♀ ) Yapänan (vo) , ( ♂ ) hi-Yapänan , ( ♀ ) ji-Yapänan
Yaeyama: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: יאַפּאַנער m ( yapaner )
Yonaguni: please add this translation if you can
Japanese
A language that is primarily spoken in East Asia and is the official language of Japan .
I’ve been studying Japanese for three years, and I still can’t order pizza in Tokyo!
Japanese language
Afrikaans: Japannees (af)
Ainu: シサㇺ イタㇰ ( sisam itak )
Albanian: gjuha japoneze
Arabic: اَلْيَابَانِيَّة f ( al-yābāniyya ) , يَابَانِيّ m ( yābāniyy ) , يَابَانِيَّة (ar) ( yābāniyya )
Armenian: ճապոներեն (hy) ( čaponeren )
Asturian: xaponés (ast)
Azerbaijani: Yapon dili (az)
Banjarese: bahasa Japang
Basque: japoniera (eu)
Belarusian: япо́нская мо́ва f ( japónskaja móva ) , япо́нская f ( japónskaja )
Bengali: জাপানি ভাষা (bn) f ( japani bhaśa ) , জাপানি (bn) ( japani )
Bulgarian: япо́нски m ( japónski ) ( ези́к )
Catalan: japonès (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 日本話 / 日本话 ( jat6 bun2 waa6-2 ) , 日文 ( jat6 man4-2 ) , 和文 ( wo4 man4 ) ( written )
Eastern Min: 日本話 / 日本话 ( Nĭk-buōng-uâ ) , 日本語 / 日本语 ( Nĭk-buōng-ngṳ̄ ) , 日語 / 日语 ( Nĭk-ngṳ̄ )
Hokkien: 日本語 / 日本语 (zh-min-nan) ( Ji̍t-pún-oē )
Mandarin: ( spoken language ) 日語 / 日语 (zh) ( Rìyǔ ) , ( written language ) 日文 (zh) ( Rìwén ) , ( rare ) 日本話 / 日本话 ( Rìběnhuà ) , ( rare ) 日本語 / 日本语 (zh) ( Rìběnyǔ ) , ( rare ) 日本文 ( Rìběnwén )
Cornish: Nihonek m , Japanek m
Czech: japonština (cs) f
Danish: japansk
Dutch: Japans (nl)
Esperanto: japana lingvo
Estonian: jaapani keel
Farefare: zappannɛ
Faroese: japanskt n ( adjective )
Finnish: japani (fi) , japanin kieli
French: japonais (fr) m
Galician: xaponés (gl) m
Georgian: იაპონური ენა ( iaṗonuri ena ) , იაპონური (ka) ( iaṗonuri ) ( ენა )
German: Japanisch (de) n
Greek: ιαπωνικά (el) n pl ( iaponiká )
Guaraní: hapõñe'ẽ
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hawaiian: ʻŌlelo Iāpana
Hebrew: יָפָּנִית (he) f ( yapanit )
Hindi: जापानी (hi) f ( jāpānī ) , जापानी भाषा f ( jāpānī bhāṣā )
Hungarian: japán (hu)
Icelandic: japanska (is) f
Indonesian: bahasa Jepang
Interlingua: japonese (ia)
Irish: Seapáinis f
Italian: giapponese (it) m
Japanese: 日本語 (ja) ( nihongo ) , ジャパニーズ (ja) ( Japanīzu ) ( colloquial )
Javanese: basa Jepang
Kazakh: жапон тілі ( japon tılı ) , жапонша ( japonşa )
Khmer: ភាសា ជប៉ុន ( phiəsaa cĕəʾpon )
Korean: 일본어(日本語) (ko) ( Ilboneo ) , 일어(日語) (ko) ( Ireo ) , 일본말 ( Ilbonmal )
Kyrgyz: жапон тили ( japon tili )
Lao: ພາສາ ຍີ່ປຸ່ນ ( phā sānyī pun )
Latin: lingua Japonica f , lingua Iaponica f
Latvian: japāņu valoda f
Lithuanian: japonų kalba (lt) f
Luxembourgish: Japanesch (lb) n
Macedonian: јапонски m ( japonski ) ( ја́зик )
Malay: bahasa Jepun
Malayalam: ജാപ്പനീസ് (ml) ( jāppanīsŭ )
Manchu: ᡰᡳᠪᡝᠨ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ ( žiben gisun )
Maori: Reo Hapani
Mapudungun: kapon dungun
Marathi: जापानी ( jāpānī )
Miyako: 大和口 ( Yamatu-futsu )
Mongolian: япон хэл ( japon xel )
Navajo: Nííhon bizaad , Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé
Norwegian:
Bokmål: japansk (no) m
Nynorsk: japansk (nn) m
Occitan: japonés (oc) m
Okinawan: 大和口 ( Yamatu-guchi )
Orok: се̄са кэсэни
Persian: ژاپنی (fa) ( žâponi ) , زبان ژاپنی ( zabân-e žâponi )
Polish: ( język ) japoński (pl) m inan , japońszczyzna (pl) f
Portuguese: japonês (pt) m
Romanian: limba japoneză f , japoneză (ro) f
Romansch: giapunais m
Russian: япо́нский язы́к ( japónskij jazýk ) , япо́нский (ru) m ( japónskij )
Sardinian: giaponesu m , giapponesu m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ја̀па̄нскӣ m ( језик )
Roman: jàpānskī (sh) m ( jezik )
Sinhalese: ජපන් (si) ( japan ) , ජපන් භාෂාව ( japan bhāṣāwa )
Slovak: japončina (sk) f
Slovene: japonski (sl) m ( jezik ) , japonščina (sl)
Southern Altai: јопон тил ( ǰopon til )
Spanish: japonés (es) m
Swahili: Kijapani
Swedish: japanska (sv)
Tajik: ҷопонӣ (tg) ( joponi ) , забони ҷопонӣ ( zabon-i joponi )
Tamil: ஜப்பானிய மொழி (Japania Mozhi) ( jappāṉiya moḻi (Japania Mozhi) )
Telugu: జపనీసు ( japanīsu )
Thai: ภาษา ญี่ปุ่น ( paa-sǎa yîi-bpùn )
Tigrinya: ጃፓንኛ ( ǧapanña )
Turkish: Japonca (tr)
Turkmen: ýapon dili
Ukrainian: японська (uk) f ( japonsʹka ) ( мо́ва )
Urdu: جاپانی f ( jāpānī )
Uzbek: yapon (uz) , yapon tili
Vietnamese: tiếng Nhật (vi)
Volapük: Yapänapük (vo)
Yaeyama: 大和物言 ( Yamatu-muni )
Yiddish: יאַפּאַניש n ( yapanish )
Yonaguni: 大和物言 ( Damatun-munui )
Japanese
attributive form of Japanees
Japanese
plural of Japanees
From Japan + -ese , after the model of earlier Portuguese japonês , New Latin japonensis , etc.
Japanese m (weak , genitive Japanesen , plural Japanesen )
( obsolete ) Synonym of Japaner , a Japanese person .
Declension of Japanese [masculine, weak ]