Multiplying five times as rapidly as the whites, the Japs must someday―unless the problem is met now―absolutely control this Coast. Just as Hawaii and the Sacramento valley have been Japanized, so will the state of Washington.
Source: wiktionary
Japanize
Synonyms for "japanize" (3 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (1)
Related words (1)
Verb(1 words)
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Translations
8 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- японизи́рам verb (to Nipponize)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 日本化 verb (to Nipponize)
- 皇民化 verb (to Nipponize)
German
1 entries- japanisieren verb (to Nipponize)
Portuguese
1 entries- japonizar verb (to Nipponize)
Vietnamese
2 entries- Nhật Bản hóa verb (to Nipponize)
- Nhật hóa verb (to Nipponize)
Volapük
1 entries- Yapänön verb (to Nipponize)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
His latest, Tokyo Godfathers, may sound like a gangster film, but rather it's Kon's attempt to Japanize a Western tradition that goes back to Charles Dickens and beyond: the heartwarming holiday story.
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