noun
Meaning 1
A custom peculiar to Japan.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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Japanism
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noun
Meaning 2
A word, phrase or linguistic feature typical of Japan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A word, phrase or linguistic feature typical of Japan.
Wasei-eigo; Japanese coinages using English words
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Usage: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Hokkien 日本 /Ji̍t-púnbor. Malay Jepangbor. Portuguese Japãobor. ▲ Malay Jepangbor. Dutch Japanbor. English Japan Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Japanism From Japan + -ism.