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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A Japanese person. dated
2. 2
   a native or inhabitant of Japan wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Japanese. dated, not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The Japanese language. dated

Synonyms

All synonyms

japanesejapanesejapanese

Etymology

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

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