Japanese meaning

jăp'ə-nēz', -nēs'
A person born or living in Japan.
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The language spoken in Japan, believed by some scholars to be distantly related to Korean.
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Of or relating to Japan or its people, language, or culture.
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The language of the Japanese, possibly related to the Altaic family, written in kana and Chinese characters.
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Of Japan or its people, language, or culture.
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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.

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A person living in or coming from Japan, or of Japanese ancestry.

A Japanese will typically have black hair, brown eyes, and pale skin.

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Plural form of Japanese.
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(uncountable) Japanese food.

Let’s go out to eat. I’m in the mood for Japanese.

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The main language spoken in Japan.

I’ve been studying Japanese for three years, and I still can’t order pizza in Tokyo!

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Origin of japanese

  • From Japan +‎ -ese.
    From Wiktionary

Japanese Sentence Examples

  • The Japanese have produced few books of importance, and their compositions are chiefly remarkable as being lighter and more secular than is usual in Asia, but the older Chinese works take high rank both for their merits and the effect they have had.

  • The Japanese books are very odd.

  • I never realized what a wonderful people the Japanese are until I saw their most interesting exhibit.

  • BONIN ISLANDS, called by the Japanese Ogasawara-Jima, a chain of small islands belonging to Japan, stretching nearly due north and south, a little east of 142 E., and from 26° 35' to 2 7° 45' N., about 500 m.

  • TAKAMORI SAIGO (1832-1877), Japanese patriot, was born in Satsuma in 1832.

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