Japanese

[jap-uh-neez, -nees]

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of Japan, its people, or their language.

noun, plural Jap·a·nese.

a native or inhabitant of Japan.

a person of Japanese ancestry.

the language of Japan. Abbreviation: Japn., Japn

Origin of Japanese

First recorded in 1580–90; Japan + -ese

Related formsan·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

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Examples from the Web for pro-japanese

Historical Examples of pro-japanese

Pro-Japanese apologetics is dangerous; it obscures the realities of the situation.
China, Japan and the U.S.A.
John Dewey
This party was pro-Japanese and was accepting loans from Japan.
The Problem of China
Bertrand Russell
Bitterly anti-Kuomintang, the author became pro-Japanese in the autumn of 1937.
Government in Republican China
Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
The society gives wonderful banquets and yammers away about the Brotherhood of Man and sends out pro-Japanese propaganda.
The Pride of Palomar
Peter B. Kyne

British Dictionary definitions for pro-japanese

Japanese

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of Japan, its people, or their language

noun

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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Word Origin and History for pro-japanese

Japanese

1580s, Iapones; see Japan + -ese. Japanese beetle attested from 1919, accidentally introduced in U.S. 1916 in larval stage in a shipment of Japanese iris.