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Definition of Japanese

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language. "Japanese cars"

2. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Japan.

3. Noun. The language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese.

Definition of Japanese

1. a. Of or pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants.

2. n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Japan; collectively, the people of Japan.

Definition of Japanese

1. Adjective. Of, relating to, or derived from Japan, its language, or culture. ¹

2. Noun. A person living in or coming from Japan, or of Japanese ancestry. ¹

3. Noun. (uncountable) #Adjective Japanese food. ¹

4. Proper noun. The main language spoken in Japan. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Japanese

Janus particles Jap Japan Japan Socialist Party Japan Standard Time Japan Trench Japan allspice Japan bittersweet Japan cedar Japan current

Japan tallow Japan wax Japanazi Japanazis Japanese Japanese-speaking Japanese Archipelago Japanese B encephalitis virus Japanese Bobtail Japanese Bobtails

Japanese Giant Salamanders Japanese Islands Japanese Red Army Japanese Sign Language Japanese allspice Japanese amberjack Japanese andromeda Japanese angelica tree Japanese apricot

Literary usage of Japanese

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Lilt Digest 53:1243-4 N 11 '16 Mongolia; killing of japanese by Chinese soldiers. ... Lit Digest 52:557-8 Mr 4 '16 See aleo Russo-japanese treaty United ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Under the heavy-handed guidance of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and with careful analyses of potential export markets, the japanese have ..."

3. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1916)
"THE japanese LAW OF NATIONALITY The japanese law of nationality was amended ... Article 18 of the previous law provided that a japanese woman lost her ..."

4. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York public library (1921)
"Royal Commission on Chinese and japanese Immigration. ... t BERA Ethnological basis of the japanese claim to be a white race. (Current opinion. ..."

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