What does Japanese mean?

Definitions for Japanese
ˌdʒæp əˈniz, -ˈnisja·pa·nese

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Japanese.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Japanese, Nipponesenoun

    a native or inhabitant of Japan

  2. Japaneseadjective

    the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese

  3. Japanese, Nipponeseadjective

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

    "the Japanese Emperor"; "Japanese cars"

Wiktionary

  1. Japanesenoun

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

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

  2. Japanesenoun

    Japanese food.

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

  3. Japaneseadjective

    Of, relating to, or derived from Japan, its language, or culture.

  4. Japanesenoun

    The main language spoken in Japan.

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

ChatGPT

  1. Japanese

    Japanese refers to the people, culture, language, and customs of Japan, a country located in East Asia. It can also describe things that are related to Japan or originated from Japan. The Japanese language, known for its unique writing system and pronunciation, is spoken by the majority of the country's population. Japanese culture encompasses a wide range of artistic, culinary, and societal practices, such as tea ceremonies, traditional arts and crafts, anime and manga, and a deep respect for social harmony and politeness.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Japaneseadjective

    of or pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants

  2. Japanese

    a native or inhabitant of Japan; collectively, the people of Japan

  3. Japanese

    the language of the people of Japan

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Japanese' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1971

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Japanese' in Nouns Frequency: #2929

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Japanese' in Adjectives Frequency: #267

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Japanese in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Japanese in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Japanese in a Sentence

  1. Satoru Miyamoto:

    The only thing Japan can do now is to prevent North Korean fishing ships from entering and for the Japanese Coast Guard to continue to use methods such as spraying water to keep them out.

  2. Takuya Takahashi:

    The Japanese market has become numb to its own economy as there were scarier events in the past week in the global market, today is all about a technical rebound.

  3. Shinzo Abe:

    I will break down any and all walls looming ahead of the Japanese economy and map out a new trajectory for growth. This is precisely the mission of Abenomics.

  4. Stefan Worrall:

    Japan is amidst a perfect positive storm, the oil price decline is stimulatory to world demand for Japanese exports, and offsets the impact of the weak yen on domestic energy costs.

  5. Tomohiro Okawa:

    While there are many factors behind the Nikkei's outperformance, one thing that is certain is that the type of investors who buy Japanese shares is changing, until recently, global equity funds weren't in Japan. But now more and more are coming to Japan, buying only large caps, so that helps the Nikkei more.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

Japanese#1#1580#10000

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