Phrase guide

Japanese studies

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the Japanese language, Japanese linguistics, and Japanese sociolinguistics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Qualifier: humanities

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Japanology

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Japanese + studies.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: япони́стика (japonístika) — academic discipline
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日本學 /日本学 (Rìběnxué) — academic discipline
  • Czech: japanistika — academic discipline
  • Czech: japanologie — academic discipline
  • Dutch: japanologie — academic discipline
  • Estonian: japanoloogia — academic discipline
  • Finnish: japanologia — academic discipline
  • Finnish: Japanin tutkimus — academic discipline
  • Georgian: იაპონოლოგია (iaṗonologia) — academic discipline
  • Georgian: იაპონისტიკა (iaṗonisṭiḳa) — academic discipline
  • German: Japanologie — academic discipline
  • Hungarian: japanológia — academic discipline
  • Hungarian: japanisztika — academic discipline
  • Japanese: 日本学 (nihongaku) — academic discipline
  • Khmer: ជប៉ុនវិទ្យា (cea’pon vityie) — academic discipline
  • Korean: 일본학 (ilbonhak) — academic discipline
  • Mongolian: япон судлал (japon sudlal) — academic discipline
  • Norwegian: japanologi — academic discipline
  • Polish: japonistyka — academic discipline
  • Portuguese: japonologia — academic discipline
  • Romanian: japanologie — academic discipline
  • Russian: япони́стика (japonístika) — academic discipline
  • Russian: японове́дение (japonovédenije) — academic discipline
  • Swedish: japanologi — academic discipline
  • Vietnamese: Nhật Bản học — academic discipline