Definitions for Japanese
ˌdʒæp əˈniz, -ˈnisJa·panese

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Japanese, Nipponese(noun)

   a native or inhabitant of Japan

2. Japanese(adj)

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

3. Japanese, Nipponese(adj)

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

   "the Japanese Emperor"; "Japanese cars"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Japanese(Noun)

   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. Japanese(Noun)

   Japanese food.

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

3. Japanese(Adjective)

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

4. Japanese(ProperNoun)

   The main language spoken in Japan.

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Japanese(adj)

   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

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

How to pronounce Japanese?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say Japanese in sign language?

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. Junichi Miyagaki:

   Now that Japan has cost competitiveness, it’s more likely foreign people will pay attention, if those foreigners learn once about the high quality of Japanese goods and services, they will likely keep buying those goods or using those services even if the yen strengthens a bit again.

2. Stefan Worrall:

   The market's initial reaction to the GDP data was a slight strengthening of the yen, japanese policy makers could really use a sense of crisis to help justify ramping up fiscal stimulus or pushing out the VAT (sales tax) hike and a stronger GDP figure seems to undermine that narrative, though there is also some buoyancy from stronger U.S. inflation and increased expectations for Fed rate hikes.

3. Mark Takano:

   ( Donald Trump) showed very shallow knowledge of history by suggesting that maybe it was a correct thing to do to intern Japanese-Americans, the anti-refugee rhetoric that he has described on the campaign and has continued to use in his presidency made it clear to me that he has a set a tone in this country of intolerance.

4. Kazuhiro Takahashi:

   Although fears about the dollar going below 100 yen again have receded, there is still an impact on Japanese manufacturers' earnings under the current currency levels.

5. Matt Pottinger:

   They've conferred extremely closely, prime Minister Prime Minister Abe of Japan and the President are going to want to exchange views in advance of a summit with the North Korean leader so that we make sure Japanese and American interests are both fully accounted for.

Images & Illustrations of Japanese

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