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

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

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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!

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

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

How to pronounce Japanese?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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. Yu Uchiyama:

   It's an inherent problem in Japanese politics, the parties are so fragmented.

2. Brian McCloskey:

   This year for Tokyo, it got to the point where the amount of mitigation that would have been needed was more than we could ask the Japanese government to do when the Japanese government needed to be focusing on looking after its population, but that could well have changed by next year. So, it's quite possible that the outbreak will be at a level where it's manageable without any particular risk.

3. Chip Ganassi:

   His apprentice program into racing most recently was in Japan, so I think he brings a lot of that Japanese mentality to the team, which a lot of us find refreshing, he brought a certain fortitude that you see in that part of the world. And you know, he didn't turn a wheel wrong all year.

4. Adrian Hogan:

   The thing I really found inspiring was the different approach -- to all kinds of aspect of life, of course, but especially in relation to drawing that I didn't understood until I came here, japanese drawings are often very flat. They don't really strive to create an illusion of three-dimensional that we often do in Western drawing.

5. Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida:

   The safety of Japanese citizens is an important duty of the government, so we are making full use of various information networks to respond.

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