japanese has definitions from the fields of linguistics,Japanese
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[ adjective ] (Japanese) of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language

Synonyms

Nipponese

Examples

"the Japanese Emperoro" "Japanese cars"

Used in print

(Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)

He had gone_into the Japanese navy , had been trained as an officer , had participated in one or two battles - he never went into detail regarding his military experience - and at the age of twenty-five , quite as a bolt out_of_the_blue , he had walked into the mission as if he belonged here and had become a Christian .

`` When Konishi gets_back with the jeep , I want you to round_up two or three Japanese boys .

Related terms

Japan

2
[ noun ] a native or inhabitant of Japan

Synonyms

Nipponese

Used in print

(William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)

When Peter_B._Kyne ( Pride_of_Palomar , 43 ) informed us in 1921 that we had an instinctive dislike for the Japanese , did the heated debates of the Californians settle the truth or falsity of the proposition ?

3
[ noun ] (linguistics) the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese people

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

Previous presentations have been on French , Spanish , Russian , Italian , German and Japanese .

Related terms

Altaic Ryukyuan mikado Japan

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