Japanese

/ˌdʒæpəˈniːz/

adjectivenounJap · a · nese

Think: "JAPAN" + "EASE"—if you know Japan, Japanese is easy to remember: Japan + ease → Japanese.

Yes, it's Japanese. Keep the middle vowel as a short "a" sound: Jap-a-nese (not *Jap-o-nese*), and end with -ese.

Definitions

  1. adjectiveRelating to Japan, its people, or its language.
  2. nounThe language spoken in Japan.
  3. nounA person from Japan.

Examples

  • We ate Japanese food for dinner, including sushi and miso soup.
  • She is learning Japanese so she can talk with her host family in Tokyo.
  • The museum featured Japanese art from the Edo period.

Synonyms

from JapanNihoneseJapanese languageJapan-bornJapan-related

Translations

ES japonés / japonesaPT japonês / japonesaFR japonais / japonaise

Common misspellings

japaneesejapanesjapanisejapanessejapanesEjapanezejapaneséjapanease

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