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They ask questions like 'do you believe in aliens' and those types of things. They were really interested in aliens, and that was really something that the Japanese have an interest in, and they are also very big fans of romances.
Shiri Appleby

Meaning of "Japanese" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF JAPANESE

Japanese  [ˌdʒæpəˈniːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JAPANESE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Japanese can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES JAPANESE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Japanese

Japanese may refer to: ▪ Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia ▪ Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan ▪ Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through culture or ancestry ▪ Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world ▪ Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan ▪ Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana ▪ Japanese studies, an academic field ▪ Japanese cuisine...

Definition of Japanese in the English dictionary

The first definition of Japanese in the dictionary is of, relating to, or characteristic of Japan, its people, or their language. Other definition of Japanese is -nese. a native or inhabitant of Japan or a descendant of one. Japanese is also the official language of Japan: the native language of approximately 100 million people: considered by some scholars to be part of the Altaic family of languages.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JAPANESE


Aragonese
ˌærəɡəˈniːz
Bolognese
ˌbɒləˈniːz
Cantonese
ˌkæntəˈniːz
Ceylonese
ˌsɛləˈniːz
Chinese
tʃaɪˈniːz
Dodecanese
ˌdəʊdɪkəˈniːz
educationese
ˌɛdjʊˌkeɪʃəˈniːz
Gabonese
ˌɡæbəˈniːz
Guianese
ˌɡaɪəˈniːz
Guyanese
ˌɡaɪəˈniːz
Javanese
ˌdʒɑːvəˈniːz
Lebanese
ˌlɛbəˈniːz
Milanese
ˌmɪləˈniːz
Nipponese
ˌnɪpəˈniːz
Pyrenees
ˌpɪrəˈniːz
Sienese
sɪəˈniːz
Soudanese
ˌsuːdəˈniːz
Sudanese
ˌsuːdəˈniːz
trenise
trəˈniːz
Viennese
ˌvɪəˈniːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JAPANESE

Japan Current
Japan plum
Japan tallow
Japan wax
Japanese andromeda
Japanese basil
Japanese beetle
Japanese cedar
Japanese Chin
Japanese flowering cherry
Japanese ivy
Japanese lantern
Japanese larch
Japanese persimmon
Japanese quince
Japanese red cedar
Japanese river fever
Japanese slippers
Japanese stranglehold
Japanese umbrella pine

WORDS THAT END LIKE JAPANESE

Balinese
Beninese
Bernese
Bhutanese
chersonese
Farnese
ferromanganese
French Guianese
Indochinese
Mandarin Chinese
manganese
Pekinese
Peloponnese
pro-Chinese
Sammarinese
San Marinese
spaghetti bolognese
the Peloponnese
Tonkinese
Veronese

Synonyms and antonyms of Japanese in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Japanese» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JAPANESE

Find out the translation of Japanese to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Japanese from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Japanese» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

日本的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

japonés
570 millions of speakers

English

Japanese
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जापानी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَابَانِى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

японский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

japonês
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জাপানি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

japonais
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jepun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

japanisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Japanese
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

일본의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jepang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc nước/người/tiếng Nhật
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஜப்பனீஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जपानी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Japonca
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

giapponese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

japoński
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

японський
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

japonez
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιαπωνικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

japanese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

japansk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

japansk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Japanese

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JAPANESE»

The term «Japanese» is very widely used and occupies the 1.952 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «Japanese» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of Japanese
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Japanese».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JAPANESE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Japanese» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Japanese» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Japanese

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «JAPANESE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Japanese.
1
Shinzo Abe
To serve as prime minister while being too mindful of the approval rating is like serving as a prime minister on a roller coaster. What is important, I believe, is that I really act on promises that I make and leave results. Leave a track record and show that to the Japanese public, who will, at the end of the day, I hope, appreciate it.
2
Jack Adams
The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4.
3
Tadao Ando
When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually live in a harmonious, close contact with nature - this very unique to Japan.
4
Shiri Appleby
They ask questions like 'do you believe in aliens' and those types of things. They were really interested in aliens, and that was really something that the Japanese have an interest in, and they are also very big fans of romances.
5
Samaire Armstrong
My family is heavily involved in the Marines and close-combat training, and I was raised doing Japanese sword training, so I've always been of the mentality that you have to be able to defend yourself.
6
Laura Bailey
I think starting in anime, like I did, gave me a good idea of how to approach games that come from Japan. Japanese developers can be very different from companies here in the western market.
7
J. G. Ballard
I was in Shanghai when the Japanese invaded China. I was there in Shanghai when, the morning after Pearl Harbor, they seized Shanghai.
8
Iain Banks
I think the future stopped looking American when you think back to Blade Runner and Neuromancer, when it started to look more Japanese.
9
James Blake
I think Japanese audiences are much more attentive than a London audience.
10
Jerome Cady
The Japanese do not fear God. They only fear bombs.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JAPANESE»

Discover the use of Japanese in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Japanese and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Japanese: The Written Language
This companion to the bestselling Japanese: the Spoken Language begins with the two kana syllabaries and introduces approximately 300 kanji, following the Spoken Language text les
Eleanor Harz Jorden, Mari Noda, 1995
2
Japanese: A Comprehensive Grammar
Key features of the book include: coverage of colloquial and standard Japanese ; extensive cross-referencing ; detailed index of Japanese and English terms ; up-to-date real examples of current usage ; greater emphasis on structures that ...
Yasuko Ichikawa, Noriko Kobayashi, 2013
3
Japanese Visual Culture: Explorations in the World of Manga ...
This volume brings together an international group of scholars from many specialties to probe the richness and subtleties of these deceptively simple cultural forms.
Mark Wheeler Macwilliams, 2008
4
The Knowledge-creating Company: How Japanese Companies ...
Looks at case studies from such firms as Honda, Canon, Matsushita, and NEC, and examines two types of business knowledge, explicit and tacit
Ikujirō Nonaka, Hirotaka Takeuchi, 1995
5
Japanese
This book brings to the readers the taste of Japanese cooking, with a selection of meat, fish, and vegetables dishes to offer something for everyone. Each recipe is illustrated with color photography.
David (PHT) Jordan, 2006
6
メイキング・アウト・イン・ジャパニーズ: Revised Edition (Japanese Phrasebook)
Fun language guide for the savvy traveler
Todd Geers, Glen McCabe, 2003
7
Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination
Collected in this chilling volume are some of the famous Japanese mystery writer Edowaga RampoÆs best stories—bizarre and blood-curdling expeditions into the fantastic, the perverse, and the strange, in a marvelous homage to Rampo's ...
Ranpo Edogawa, 1956
8
Japanese Cabinetry: The Art & Craft of Tansu
the first truly definitive volume on tansu, this book provides a broad representation of cabinetry designs along with contextual history, gleaning insights from the cabinetry itself.
David Jackson, Dane Owen, 2002
9
Japanese Business Culture and Practices: A Guide to ...
Japanese Business Culture and Practices is a succinct and comprehensive guide that provides valuable information on contemporary Japanese business practices.
Jon P. Alston, 2005
10
Japanese Acupuncture: A Clinical Guide
This book is a practical guide to tools, skills, and techniques common to all acupunture practice with emphasis on those that are uniquely or creatively Japanese.
Stephen Birch, Junko Ida, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JAPANESE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Japanese is used in the context of the following news items.
1
F1 driver Jules Bianchi dies from injuries sustained in crash at …
The family of Jules Bianchi says the French Formula One driver has died from head injuries sustained in a crash at last year's Japanese Grand ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Japanese hotel almost entirely run by robots | abc7.com
The English-speaking receptionist is a vicious-looking dinosaur, and the one speaking Japanese is a female humanoid with blinking lashes. «KABC-TV, Jul 15»
3
Handmade noodles a shining star in Vancouver's Kinome Japanese
Soba should be the star of the menu at Kinome Japanese Kitchen. The handmade buckwheat noodles should be prominently featured on the ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
4
Japanese mental clinic's hiragana alphabet chart is as humorous as …
If you've ever entertained the notion of studying Japanese, at some point you'll find yourself faced with the task of learning the language's ... «RocketNews24, Jul 15»
5
Luxemburger Wort - Japanese bitcoin market eyes up Luxembourg
A Japanese bitcoin exchange could establish its European headquarters in Luxembourg, it emerged during an official Japan visit by ... «Luxemburger Wort - English Edition, Jul 15»
6
Motherhood teaches Japanese singer Koda Kumi 'meaning of love …
The Japanese singer known for her sexy image shares her thoughts on staying popular in an ever-changing industry, and how having a family ... «Channel News Asia, Jul 15»
7
5 More Die from Japanese Encephalitis in West Bengal; 31 Deaths …
Siliguri: Five persons have died of Japanese Encephalitis in the North Bengal Medical College (NBMC) Hospital in Siliguri in the past 24 hours, ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
8
Fire News: Japanese Firefighter Shares Experiences With Yakima …
Few countries know how to deal with widespread disaster better than Japan, and on Thursday, Japanese firefighter Junichi Matsuo told his ... «FireEngineering.com, Jul 15»
9
Nearly 400-year-old Japanese trading firm Mitsui & Co asks: Who …
We are talking about the great Japanese trading house of Mitsui & Co., whose roots go back almost 400 years to entrepreneur Hachirobei ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
10
An RPG About A Japanese Salaryman Who Makes Games To …
Japanese studio Onion Games has announced a new smartphone RPG called Brave Yamada-kun. It's about a 36-year-old Japanese ... «Siliconera, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Japanese [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/japanese>. Apr 2024 ».
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