Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective & noun Japanese.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a native or inhabitant of Japan.
  • adjective Of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language; Japanese.

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  • adjective Japanese
  • proper noun dated A Japanese (person from Japan)
  • proper noun dated The Japanese language

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language
  • noun a native or inhabitant of Japan

Etymologies

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From Nippon (romanized version of 日本, the native Japanese name for Japan) + -ese.

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