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Japanophone

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Japanese-speaking

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Japanophone.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A (usually native) speaker of the Japanese language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Japanophone.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Japano- + -phone.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: জাপানিভাষী (japanibhaśi) — Japanese-speaking
  • Esperanto: japanparola — Japanese-speaking
  • French: japanophone — Japanese-speaking
  • German: japanischsprachig — Japanese-speaking
  • Russian: японоговоря́щий (japonogovorjáščij) — Japanese-speaking
  • Russian: японоязы́чный (japonojazýčnyj) — Japanese-speaking
  • Bengali: জাপানিভাষী (japanibhaśi) — Japanese speaker
  • Chinese Mandarin: 講日語的人 /讲日语的人 (jiǎng Rìyǔ-de rén) — Japanese speaker
  • Esperanto: japanlingvano — Japanese speaker
  • Esperanto: japanparolanto — Japanese speaker
  • French: japanophone — Japanese speaker
  • German: Japanischsprecher — Japanese speaker
  • German: Japanischsprecherin — Japanese speaker
  • German: Japanischsprachiger — Japanese speaker
  • German: Japanischsprachige — Japanese speaker
  • Japanese: 日本語話者 (Nihongo-washa) — Japanese speaker