Japanese
of, relating to, or characteristic of Japan, its people, or their language.
Often Offensive. a native or inhabitant of Japan or a person of Japanese descent. : See Usage note at the current entry.
the language of Japan. Abbreviation: Japn., Japn
Origin of Japanese
1usage note For Japanese
Other words from Japanese
- an·ti-Jap·a·nese, adjective, noun, plural an·ti-Jap·a·nese.
- non-Jap·an·ese, adjective, noun, plural non-Jap·an·ese.
- pro-Jap·a·nese, adjective, noun, plural pro-Jap·a·nese.
- pseu·do-Jap·a·nese, adjective, noun, plural pseu·do-Jap·a·nese.
- qua·si-Jap·a·nese, adjective
Words Nearby Japanese
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How to use Japanese in a sentence
But I think Steve Austin has to team up with a Japanese holdout to stop a nuclear bomb from going off or something.
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This vessel, loaded with supplies, went ashore and was lost; and one hundred and twenty Japanese and three Dutchmen were drowned.
Undesirable inhabitants of the country are being sent away, especially the Japanese, who are more dangerous than the Chinese.
Among the Japanese who are in the islands there are more than one thousand five hundred Christians.
I think that there has been neglect and laxity in the matter of not driving out the Japanese.
Likewise a large part of the Japanese have been expelled, so that for a long time there have not been so few of them here as now.
British Dictionary definitions for Japanese
/ (ˌdʒæpəˈniːz) /
of, relating to, or characteristic of Japan, its people, or their language
plural -nese a native or inhabitant of Japan or a descendant of one
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
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