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. Mustafa Balibay:

   Japan bans us from working, but everyone knows that without foreigners this country’s in trouble, construction jobs won’t get done. There aren’t enough workers and young Japanese can’t do these jobs. The government knows that better than anyone.

2. John David Dingell:

   We saw some rather great things, the President( Franklin D. Roosevelt) declared war the day after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor( December 8, 1941). We saw Winston Churchill on the 26th of December, 1941, when he came to address United States Congress.

3. Californian Traci Consoli:

   I can’t do the bank negotiations, i just don’t have the language skills. Basically I speak ‘hanging out at the bar’ Japanese. I can have drinks with people, but we will not be discussing the theory of relativity anytime soon.

4. Shiori Ito:

   I really believe this was a landmark case for Japanese sex crime, i'm still quite surprised today that we had such a positive result.

5. Koichi Nakano:

   The Japanese government has taken relative soft stance when The Japanese government comes to blocking the flow of people from China to Japan compared to some other countries, some of Abe's supporters were angry about that as they thought he prioritized his new friendship with Xi over national security.

Images & Illustrations of Japanese

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