Standard Lemma guide

Japanese

adj · name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌdʒæp.əˈniːz/
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  • rhymes with -iːz
  • CMU ARPABET: JH AE2 P AH0 N IY1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • A Japanese saw is one that cuts on the pull stroke rather than on the push stroke.
  • In the United States, Japanese animation has had a tremendous surge in popularity over the last few years.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

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

Of or relating to the Yamato people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The Ainu were subject to forced assimilation by the Japanese since at least the 18th century.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A language that is primarily spoken in East Asia and is the official language of Japan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A native or inhabitant of Japan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, in-plural

Examples

  • 2007 October 16, Madeleine Brand, “Japan Struggles to Meet Its CO2 Emissions Limits”, Day to Day, National Public Radio, Motoyuki Shibata isn’t a typical Japanese.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A member of the predominant ethnic group of Japan, also found throughout the world in diaspora.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, in-plural

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Ellipsis of Japanese food.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective

Meaning 7

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the Japanese Emperor
  • Japanese cars

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Nipponese

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Altaic, Altaic language

Narrower terms: Ryukyuan

9

noun

Meaning 9

a native or inhabitant of Japan

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Nipponese

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Asian, Asiatic

Narrower terms: Ryukyuan, Jap, Nip, geisha, geisha girl, shogun

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Hokkien 日本 /Ji̍t-púnbor. Malay Jepangbor. Portuguese Japãobor. ▲ Malay Jepangbor. Dutch Japanbor. English Japan Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Japanese From Japan + -ese after the model of earlier Portuguese japonês, New Latin japonensis, French japonais, etc.

Across languages

Translations

385 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Japannees — of or relating to Japan
  • Afrikaans: Japans — of or relating to Japan
  • Albanian: japonez — of or relating to Japan
  • Arabic: يَابَانِيّ (yābāniyy) — of or relating to Japan
  • Armenian: ճապոնական (čaponakan) — of or relating to Japan
  • Asturian: xaponés — of or relating to Japan
  • Azerbaijani: yapon — of or relating to Japan
  • Basque: japoniar — of or relating to Japan
  • Belarusian: япо́нскі (japónski) — of or relating to Japan
  • Bengali: জাপানি (japani) — of or relating to Japan
  • Bulgarian: япо́нски (japónski) — of or relating to Japan
  • Burmese: ဂျပန် (gya.pan) — of or relating to Japan
  • Catalan: japonès — of or relating to Japan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日本的 (Rìběn de) — of or relating to Japan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日 (Rì-) — of or relating to Japan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日式 (Rìshì) — of or relating to Japan
  • Czech: japonský — of or relating to Japan
  • Danish: japansk — of or relating to Japan
  • Dutch: Japans — of or relating to Japan
  • Dutch: Japanse — of or relating to Japan
  • Dutch: Nippons — of or relating to Japan
  • Esperanto: japana — of or relating to Japan
  • Estonian: jaapani — of or relating to Japan
  • Faroese: japanskur — of or relating to Japan
  • Finnish: japanilainen — of or relating to Japan
  • Finnish: japaninkielinen — of or relating to Japan
  • French: japonais — of or relating to Japan
  • Friulian: gjaponês — of or relating to Japan
  • Galician: xaponés — of or relating to Japan
  • Galician: xaponesa — of or relating to Japan
  • Georgian: იაპონური (iaṗonuri) — of or relating to Japan
  • German: japanisch — of or relating to Japan
  • Greek: ιαπωνικός (iaponikós) — of or relating to Japan
  • Hawaiian: Kepanī — of or relating to Japan
  • Hawaiian: Iāpana — of or relating to Japan
  • Hebrew: יַפָּנִי (yapáni) — of or relating to Japan
  • Hindi: जापानी (jāpānī) — of or relating to Japan
  • Hungarian: japán — of or relating to Japan
  • Icelandic: japanskur — of or relating to Japan
  • Indonesian: Jepang — of or relating to Japan
  • Interlingua: japonese — of or relating to Japan
  • Irish: Seapánach — of or relating to Japan
  • Italian: giapponese — of or relating to Japan
  • Italian: nipponico — of or relating to Japan
  • Japanese: 日本 — of or relating to Japan
  • Japanese: 日本の — of or relating to Japan
  • Japanese: 日 (Nichi-, Ni-) — of or relating to Japan
  • Japanese: 和 (Wa-) — of or relating to Japan
  • Kazakh: жапон (japon) — of or relating to Japan
  • Khmer: ជប៉ុន (cĕəʼpon) — of or relating to Japan
  • Korean: 일본(日本)의 (ilbon-ui) — of or relating to Japan
  • Korean: 일 (il) — of or relating to Japan
  • Korean: 왜 (wae) — of or relating to Japan
  • Northern Kurdish: japonî — of or relating to Japan
  • Kyrgyz: жапон (japon) — of or relating to Japan
  • Lao: ຍີ່ປຸ່ນ (nyī pun) — of or relating to Japan
  • Latin: japonensis — of or relating to Japan
  • Latin: japonicus — of or relating to Japan
  • Latin: nipponensis — of or relating to Japan
  • Latin: nipponicus — of or relating to Japan
  • Latvian: japānisks — of or relating to Japan
  • Latvian: japāņu — of or relating to Japan
  • Lithuanian: japoniškas — of or relating to Japan
  • Lithuanian: japoniška — of or relating to Japan
  • Luxembourgish: japanesch — of or relating to Japan
  • Macedonian: јапонски (japonski) — of or relating to Japan
  • Malay: Jepun — of or relating to Japan
  • Malayalam: ജാപ്പനീസ് (jāppanīsŭ) — of or relating to Japan
  • Marathi: जापानी (jāpānī) — of or relating to Japan
  • Mongolian: япон (japon) — of or relating to Japan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: japansk — of or relating to Japan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: japansk — of or relating to Japan
  • Occitan: japonés — of or relating to Japan
  • Pashto: جاپانی (ǰāpānáy) — of or relating to Japan
  • Persian: ژاپنی (žâponi) — of or relating to Japan
  • Piedmontese: giaponèis — of or relating to Japan
  • Polish: japoński — of or relating to Japan
  • Portuguese: japonês — of or relating to Japan
  • Portuguese: nipônico — of or relating to Japan
  • Romani: źapanikano — of or relating to Japan
  • Romanian: japonez — of or relating to Japan
  • Romansh: giapunais — of or relating to Japan
  • Romansh: giapunaisa — of or relating to Japan
  • Russian: япо́нский (japónskij) — of or relating to Japan
  • Serbo-Croatian: ја̀па̄нскӣ — of or relating to Japan
  • Serbo-Croatian: jàpānskī — of or relating to Japan
  • Slovak: japonský — of or relating to Japan
  • Slovene: japonski — of or relating to Japan
  • Spanish: japonés — of or relating to Japan
  • Spanish: nipón — of or relating to Japan
  • Spanish: ponja — of or relating to Japan
  • Swahili: Kijapani — of or relating to Japan
  • Swedish: japansk — of or relating to Japan
  • Tagalog: Hapon — of or relating to Japan
  • Tajik: ҷопонӣ (joponi) — of or relating to Japan
  • Tajik: ҷопон (jopon) — of or relating to Japan
  • Tajik: японӣ (yaponi) — of or relating to Japan
  • Tajik: япон (yapon) — of or relating to Japan
  • Thai: ญี่ปุ่น (yîi-bpùn) — of or relating to Japan
  • Tibetan: ཉི་ཧོང (nyi hong) — of or relating to Japan
  • Tibetan: རི་པིན (ri pin) — of or relating to Japan
  • Turkish: Japon — of or relating to Japan
  • Turkmen: ýapon — of or relating to Japan
  • Ukrainian: япо́нський (japónsʹkyj) — of or relating to Japan
  • Urdu: جاپانی (jāpānī) — of or relating to Japan
  • Uyghur: ياپون (yapon) — of or relating to Japan
  • Uzbek: yapon — of or relating to Japan
  • Vietnamese: Nhật — of or relating to Japan
  • Vietnamese: thuộc Nhật — of or relating to Japan
  • Volapük: Yapänik — of or relating to Japan
  • Yiddish: יאַפּאַניש (yapanish) — of or relating to Japan
  • Afrikaans: Japannees — Japanese language
  • Ainu: シサㇺ イタㇰ (sisam itak) — Japanese language
  • Albanian: gjuha japoneze — Japanese language
  • Southern Altai: јопон тил (ǰopon til) — Japanese language
  • Arabic: اَلْيَابَانِيَّة (al-yābāniyya) — Japanese language
  • Arabic: يَابَانِيّ (yābāniyy) — Japanese language
  • Arabic: يَابَانِيَّة (yābāniyya) — Japanese language
  • Armenian: ճապոներեն (čaponeren) — Japanese language
  • Asturian: xaponés — Japanese language
  • Azerbaijani: Yapon dili — Japanese language
  • Banjarese: bahasa Japang — Japanese language
  • Basque: japoniera — Japanese language
  • Belarusian: япо́нская мо́ва (japónskaja móva) — Japanese language
  • Belarusian: япо́нская (japónskaja) — Japanese language
  • Bengali: জাপানি ভাষা (japani bhaśa) — Japanese language
  • Bengali: জাপানি (japani) — Japanese language
  • Bulgarian: япо́нски (japónski) — Japanese language
  • Catalan: japonès — Japanese language
  • Chinese Cantonese: 日本話 /日本话 — Japanese language
  • Chinese Cantonese: 日文 — Japanese language
  • Chinese Cantonese: 和文 (wo4 man4) — Japanese language
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 日本話 /日本话 (Nĭk-buōng-uâ) — Japanese language
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 日本語 /日本语 (Nĭk-buōng-ngṳ̄) — Japanese language
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 日語 /日语 (Nĭk-ngṳ̄) — Japanese language
  • Chinese: 日本語 /日本语 (zh-min-nan) — Japanese language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日語 /日语 (Rìyǔ) — Japanese language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日文 (Rìwén) — Japanese language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日本話 /日本话 (Rìběnhuà) — Japanese language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日本語 /日本语 (Rìběnyǔ) — Japanese language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日本文 (Rìběnwén) — Japanese language
  • Cornish: Nihonek — Japanese language
  • Cornish: Japanek — Japanese language
  • Czech: japonština — Japanese language
  • Danish: japansk — Japanese language
  • Dutch: Japans — Japanese language
  • Esperanto: japana lingvo — Japanese language
  • Estonian: jaapani keel — Japanese language
  • Faroese: japanskt — Japanese language
  • Finnish: japani — Japanese language
  • Finnish: japanin kieli — Japanese language
  • French: japonais — Japanese language
  • Galician: xaponés — Japanese language
  • Georgian: იაპონური ენა (iaṗonuri ena) — Japanese language
  • Georgian: იაპონური (iaṗonuri) — Japanese language
  • German: Japanisch — Japanese language
  • Greek: ιαπωνικά (iaponiká) — Japanese language
  • Gujarati: જાપાની ભાષા (jāpānī bhāṣā) — Japanese language
  • Hawaiian: ʻŌlelo Iāpana — Japanese language
  • Hebrew: יָפָּנִית (yapanit) — Japanese language
  • Hindi: जापानी (jāpānī) — Japanese language
  • Hindi: जापानी भाषा (jāpānī bhāṣā) — Japanese language
  • Hungarian: japán — Japanese language
  • Icelandic: japanska — Japanese language
  • Indonesian: bahasa Jepang — Japanese language
  • Interlingua: japonese — Japanese language
  • Irish: Seapáinis — Japanese language
  • Italian: giapponese — Japanese language
  • Japanese: 日本語 (nihongo) — Japanese language
  • Japanese: ジャパニーズ (Japanīzu) — Japanese language
  • Javanese: basa Jepang — Japanese language
  • Kazakh: жапон тілі (japon tılı) — Japanese language
  • Kazakh: жапонша (japonşa) — Japanese language
  • Khmer: ភាសាជប៉ុន (phiəsaa cĕəʾpon) — Japanese language
  • Korean: 일본어 (Ilboneo) — Japanese language
  • Korean: 일어 (Ireo) — Japanese language
  • Korean: 일본말 (Ilbonmal) — Japanese language
  • Kyrgyz: жапон тили (japon tili) — Japanese language
  • Lao: ພາສາຍີ່ປຸ່ນ (phā sānyī pun) — Japanese language
  • Latin: lingua Japonica — Japanese language
  • Latin: lingua Iaponica — Japanese language
  • Latvian: japāņu valoda — Japanese language
  • Lithuanian: japonų kalba — Japanese language
  • Luxembourgish: Japanesch — Japanese language
  • Macedonian: јапонски (japonski) — Japanese language
  • Malay: bahasa Jepun — Japanese language
  • Malayalam: ജാപ്പനീസ് (jāppanīsŭ) — Japanese language
  • Manchu: ᡰᡳᠪᡝᠨ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (žiben gisun) — Japanese language
  • Māori: Reo Hapani — Japanese language
  • Mapudungun: kapon dungun — Japanese language
  • Marathi: जापानी (jāpānī) — Japanese language
  • Miyako: 大和口 (Yamatu-futsu) — Japanese language
  • Mongolian: япон хэл (japon xel) — Japanese language
  • Navajo: Nííhon bizaad — Japanese language
  • Navajo: Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé — Japanese language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: japansk — Japanese language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: japansk — Japanese language
  • Occitan: japonés — Japanese language
  • Okinawan: 大和口 (Yamatu-guchi) — Japanese language
  • Orok: се̄са кэсэни (sēsa kəsəni) — Japanese language
  • Persian: ژاپنی (žâponi) — Japanese language
  • Persian: زبان ژاپنی (zabân-e žâponi) — Japanese language
  • Polish: (język) japoński — Japanese language
  • Polish: japońszczyzna — Japanese language
  • Portuguese: japonês — Japanese language
  • Romanian: limba japoneză — Japanese language
  • Romanian: japoneză — Japanese language
  • Romansh: giapunais — Japanese language
  • Russian: япо́нский язы́к (japónskij jazýk) — Japanese language
  • Russian: япо́нский (japónskij) — Japanese language
  • Sardinian: giaponesu — Japanese language
  • Sardinian: giapponesu — Japanese language
  • Serbo-Croatian: ја̀па̄нскӣ — Japanese language
  • Serbo-Croatian: jàpānskī (jezik) — Japanese language
  • Sinhalese: ජපන් (japan) — Japanese language
  • Sinhalese: ජපන් භාෂාව (japan bhāṣāwa) — Japanese language
  • Slovak: japončina — Japanese language
  • Slovene: japonski (jezik) — Japanese language
  • Slovene: japonščina — Japanese language
  • Spanish: japonés — Japanese language
  • Spanish: ponja — Japanese language
  • Swahili: Kijapani — Japanese language
  • Swedish: japanska — Japanese language
  • Tajik: ҷопонӣ (joponi) — Japanese language
  • Tajik: забони ҷопонӣ (zabon-i joponi) — Japanese language
  • Tamil: ஜப்பானிய மொழி (jappāṉiya moḻi) — Japanese language
  • Telugu: జపనీసు (japanīsu) — Japanese language
  • Thai: ภาษาญี่ปุ่น (paa-sǎa yîi-bpùn) — Japanese language
  • Tigrinya: ጃፓንኛ (ǧapanña) — Japanese language
  • Turkish: Japonca — Japanese language
  • Turkmen: ýapon dili — Japanese language
  • Ukrainian: японська (japonsʹka) — Japanese language
  • Urdu: جاپانی (jāpānī) — Japanese language
  • Uzbek: yapon — Japanese language
  • Uzbek: yapon tili — Japanese language
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Nhật — Japanese language
  • Volapük: Yapänapük — Japanese language
  • Yaeyama: 大和物言 (Yamatu-muni) — Japanese language
  • Yiddish: יאַפּאַניש (yapanish) — Japanese language
  • Yonaguni: 大和物言 (Damatun-munui) — Japanese language
  • Afrikaans: Japannees — person from Japan
  • Afrikaans: Japanner — person from Japan
  • Ainu: シサㇺ (sisam) — person from Japan
  • Albanian: japonez — person from Japan
  • Aleut: Yapuunax̂ — person from Japan
  • Aleut: Yapuunix̂ — person from Japan
  • Southern Altai: јопон (ǰopon) — person from Japan
  • Arabic: يَابَانِيّ (yābāniyy) — person from Japan
  • Arabic: يَابَانِيَّة (yābāniyya) — person from Japan
  • Armenian: ճապոնացի (čaponacʻi) — person from Japan
  • Asturian: xaponés — person from Japan
  • Azerbaijani: yapon — person from Japan
  • Basque: japoniar — person from Japan
  • Belarusian: япо́нец (japónjec) — person from Japan
  • Belarusian: япо́нка (japónka) — person from Japan
  • Bengali: জাপানি (japani) — person from Japan
  • Breton: japaneg — person from Japan
  • Bulgarian: япо́нец (japónec) — person from Japan
  • Bulgarian: япо́нка (japónka) — person from Japan
  • Catalan: japonès — person from Japan
  • Catalan: japonesa — person from Japan
  • Chinese Cantonese: 日本人 (jat6 bun2 jan4) — person from Japan
  • Chinese: жыбынжын (řɨbɨnřɨn) — person from Japan
  • Chinese: 日本儂 /日本侬 (ji̍t-pún-lâng) — person from Japan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日本人 (rìběnrén) — person from Japan
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日人 (rìrén) — person from Japan
  • Czech: Japonec — person from Japan
  • Czech: Japonka — person from Japan
  • Danish: japaner — person from Japan
  • Danish: japanere — person from Japan
  • Dutch: Japanner — person from Japan
  • Dutch: Japanse — person from Japan
  • Esperanto: japano — person from Japan
  • Esperanto: japanino — person from Japan
  • Estonian: jaapanlane — person from Japan
  • Estonian: jaapanlanna — person from Japan
  • Estonian: jaapanlased — person from Japan
  • Faroese: japani — person from Japan
  • Faroese: japanari — person from Japan
  • Faroese: japansmaður — person from Japan
  • Finnish: japanilainen — person from Japan
  • French: Japonais — person from Japan
  • French: Japonaise — person from Japan
  • French: Nippon — person from Japan
  • French: Nippone — person from Japan
  • Galician: xaponés — person from Japan
  • Galician: xaponesa — person from Japan
  • Georgian: იაპონელი (iaṗoneli) — person from Japan
  • German: Japaner (Japanerin f; Japanese m) — person from Japan
  • Greek: Ιάπωνας (Iáponas) — person from Japan
  • Greek: Ιαπωνίδα (Iaponída) — person from Japan
  • Hawaiian: Iāpana — person from Japan
  • Hawaiian: Kepanī — person from Japan
  • Hebrew: יַפָּנִי (yapáni) — person from Japan
  • Hebrew: יַפָּנִית (yapanít) — person from Japan
  • Hindi: जापानी (jāpānī) — person from Japan
  • Hungarian: japán — person from Japan
  • Icelandic: Japani — person from Japan
  • Ido: Japoniano — person from Japan
  • Indonesian: orang Jepang — person from Japan
  • Interlingua: japonese — person from Japan
  • Irish: Seapánach — person from Japan
  • Italian: giapponese — person from Japan
  • Japanese: 日本人 (nihonjin, nipponjin) — person from Japan
  • Japanese: ジャパニーズ (Japanīzu) — person from Japan
  • Jeju: 웨인 (wein) — person from Japan
  • Kazakh: жапон (japon) — person from Japan
  • Khmer: ជប៉ុន (cea’pon) — person from Japan
  • Korean: 일본인 (ilbonin) — person from Japan
  • Korean: 일본 사람 (ilbon saram) — person from Japan
  • Early Modern Korean: 예 (yey) — person from Japan
  • Middle Korean: 예〯 (yěy) — person from Japan
  • Old Korean: 倭理 — person from Japan
  • Kyrgyz: жапон (japon) — person from Japan
  • Latin: Iapō — person from Japan
  • Latvian: japānis — person from Japan
  • Latvian: japāniete — person from Japan
  • Lithuanian: japonas — person from Japan
  • Lithuanian: japonė — person from Japan
  • Luxembourgish: Japaner — person from Japan
  • Luxembourgish: Japanerin — person from Japan
  • Macedonian: Јапонец (Japonec) — person from Japan
  • Macedonian: Јапонка (Japonka) — person from Japan
  • Malay: orang Jepun — person from Japan
  • Mongolian: япон хүн (japon xün) — person from Japan
  • Navajo: Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé — person from Japan
  • Nivkh: сисам (sisam) — person from Japan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: japaner — person from Japan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: japanar — person from Japan
  • Occitan: japonés — person from Japan
  • Occitan: japonesa — person from Japan
  • Persian: ژاپنی (žâponi) — person from Japan
  • Polish: Japończyk — person from Japan
  • Polish: Japonka — person from Japan
  • Portuguese: japonês — person from Japan
  • Portuguese: japonesa — person from Japan
  • Romani: źaponèzo — person from Japan
  • Romani: źaponèza — person from Japan
  • Romani: japànco — person from Japan
  • Romani: japànka — person from Japan
  • Romanian: japonez — person from Japan
  • Romanian: japoneză — person from Japan
  • Romansh: giapunais — person from Japan
  • Romansh: giapunaisa — person from Japan
  • Russian: япо́нец (japónec) — person from Japan
  • Russian: япо́нка (japónka) — person from Japan
  • Sardinian: giaponesu — person from Japan
  • Sardinian: giaponesa — person from Japan
  • Sardinian: giapponesu — person from Japan
  • Sardinian: giapponesa — person from Japan
  • Serbo-Croatian: Јапа́нац — person from Japan
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ја̀па̄нка — person from Japan
  • Serbo-Croatian: Japánac — person from Japan
  • Serbo-Croatian: Jàpānka — person from Japan
  • Slovak: Japonec — person from Japan
  • Slovak: Japonka — person from Japan
  • Slovak: Japončík — person from Japan
  • Slovene: Japonec — person from Japan
  • Slovene: Japonka — person from Japan
  • Spanish: japonés — person from Japan
  • Spanish: japonesa — person from Japan
  • Spanish: nipón — person from Japan
  • Spanish: nipona — person from Japan
  • Swahili: Mjapani — person from Japan
  • Swedish: japan — person from Japan
  • Swedish: japanska — person from Japan
  • Tagalog: Hapones — person from Japan
  • Tajik: японӣ (yaponi) — person from Japan
  • Tajik: япон (yapon) — person from Japan
  • Tajik: ҷопонӣ (joponi) — person from Japan
  • Tajik: ҷопон (jopon) — person from Japan
  • Thai: คนญี่ปุ่น (kon yîi-bpùn) — person from Japan
  • Tibetan: ཉི་ཧོང་གི་མི (nyi hong gi mi) — person from Japan
  • Turkish: Japon — person from Japan
  • Turkmen: ýapon — person from Japan
  • Ukrainian: япо́нець (japónecʹ) — person from Japan
  • Ukrainian: япо́нка (japónka) — person from Japan
  • Urdu: جاپانی (jāpānī) — person from Japan
  • Uyghur: ياپون (yapon) — person from Japan
  • Uzbek: yapon — person from Japan
  • Vietnamese: người Nhật — person from Japan
  • Volapük: Yapänan — person from Japan
  • Volapük: hi-Yapänan — person from Japan
  • Volapük: ji-Yapänan — person from Japan
  • Yiddish: יאַפּאַנער (yapaner) — person from Japan
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