View source for Japanese

==English==
{{wikipedia}}
{{interwiktionary|ja}}

===Etymology===
From {{suffix|en|Japan|ese}} after the model of earlier {{der|en|pt|japonês}}, {{der|en|NL.|japonensis}}, {{cog|fr|japonais}}, etc.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˌd͡ʒæpəˈniːz/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-Japanese.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|iːz|s=3}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|-}}

# Of, relating to, or derived from [[Japan]], its [[people]], [[language]], or [[culture]].
#: {{ux|en|A '''Japanese''' saw is one that cuts on the pull stroke rather than on the push stroke.}}
#: {{ux|en|In the United States, '''Japanese''' animation has had a tremendous surge in popularity over the last few years.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|date=6 February 2013|editors=Michio Muramatsu; Frieder Naschold|author=Hideo Otake|chapter=Revising the Interpretation of the '''Japanese''' Economy|title=State and Administration in Japan and Germany: A Comparative Perspective on Continuity and Change|page=319|url=https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=lc4fAAAAQBAJ|passage='''Japanese''' retail stores have strove to, and have succeeded in, fulfilling these severe demands, and in doing so, have constantly had to innovate both technologically and institutionally in order to keep up with the competition.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|Japonic}}, {{l|en|Nipponese}}, {{l|en|Nipponic}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|of or relating to Japan}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|Japannees}}, {{t+|af|Japans}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|japonez}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|يَابَانِيّ}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ճապոնական}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|xaponés}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|yapon}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|japoniar}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|япо́нскі}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|জাপানি}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|япо́нски}}
* Burmese: {{t|my|ဂျပန်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|japonès}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|日本|alt=日本的|tr=Rìběn de}}, {{t+|cmn|日|tr=Rì-}} {{qualifier|used in compounds}}, {{t+|cmn|日式}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|japonský|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|japansk}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|Japans}}, {{t+|nl|Japanse}}, {{t|nl|Nippons}} {{qualifier|dated}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|japana}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|jaapani}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|japanskur}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|japanilainen}}, {{t+|fi|japaninkielinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|japonais}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|gjaponês}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|xaponés|m}}, {{t|gl|xaponesa|f}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|იაპონური}}
* German: {{t+|de|japanisch}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ιαπωνικός}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|Kepanī}}, {{t|haw|Iāpana}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|יַפָּנִי|tr=yapáni}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|जापानी}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|japán}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|japanskur}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|Jepang}}
* Interlingua: {{t+|ia|japonese}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|Seapánach}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|giapponese}}, {{t+|it|nipponico|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|日本|tr=Nihon, Nippon}}, {{t|ja|日本[[の]]|tr=Nihon no..., Nippon no...}}, {{t+|ja|日|tr=Nichi-, Ni-}} {{qualifier|used in compounds}}, {{t+|ja|和|tr=Wa-}} {{qualifier|of language or style}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|жапон}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ជប៉ុន}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|[[일본(日本)]]-의}}, {{t+|ko|일(日)}}, {{t+|ko|왜(倭)}} {{qualifier|of ancient Japan}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|japonî}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|жапон}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ຍີ່ປຸ່ນ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|japonensis}}, {{t|la|japonicus}}, {{t|la|nipponensis}}, {{t|la|nipponicus}} {{q|New Latin}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|japānisks}}, {{t|lv|japāņu}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|japoniškas|m}}, {{t|lt|japoniška|f}}
* Lombard: {{t-needed|lmo}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|japanesch}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|јапонски}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|Jepun}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ജാപ്പനീസ്}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|जापानी}}
* Mongolian: {{t|mn|япон}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|japansk}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t+|nn|japansk}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|japonés}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|جاپانی|tr=ǰāpānáy}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|ژاپنی|tr=žâponi}}
* Piedmontese: {{t|pms|giaponèis}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|japoński}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|japonês}}, {{t+|pt|nipônico}}
* Romani: {{t|rom|źapanikano}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|japonez}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|giapunais|m}}, {{t|rm|giapunaisa|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|япо́нский}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ја̀па̄нскӣ|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|jàpānskī|m}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|japonský}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|japonski}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|japonés}}, {{t+|es|nipón}} {{qualifier|uncommon}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|Kijapani}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|japansk}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|Hapon}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|ҷопонӣ}}, {{t|tg|ҷопон}}, {{t+|tg|японӣ}}, {{t|tg|япон}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ญี่ปุ่น}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|ཉི་ཧོང}}, {{t|bo|རི་པིན}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|Japon}}
* Turkmen: {{t+|tk|ýapon}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|япо́нський}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|جاپانی|tr=jāpānī}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|ياپون}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|yapon}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|Nhật}} ({{t+|vi|日}}), {{t|vi|thuộc Nhật}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|Yapänik}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|יאַפּאַניש}}
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===Noun===
{{en-noun|~|Japanese|s}}

# {{lb|en|countable|chiefly|in the plural}} A [[person]] [[live|living]] in or [[originate|originating]] from [[Japan]], or of Japanese [[ancestry]].
#: {{ux|en|A '''Japanese''' will typically have black hair, brown eyes, and pale skin.}}
#* '''2007''' October 16, Madeleine Brand, “Japan Struggles to Meet Its CO2 Emissions Limits”, ''Day to Day'', National Public Radio,
#*: Motoyuki Shibata isn’t a typical '''Japanese'''.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1938|author=Ogden Nash|title=The Japanese
|passage=How courteous is the '''Japanese''';<br>He always says, "Excuse it, please."}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} {{ellipsis of|en|[[Japanese#Adjective|Japanese]] [[food]]}}
#: {{ux|en|Let’s go out to eat. I’m in the mood for '''Japanese'''.}}

====Usage notes====
* {{U:en:-ese}} However it is rather frequent in [[East Asia]] as a translation for the demonym written {{zh-l|日本人}} in {{ncog|zh|-}} or {{m|ja|日本人|tr=Nihonjin}} in {{ncog|ja|-}}.

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|person}} {{l|en|Japanee}} {{q|archaic}}, {{l|en|Japanner}} {{q|obsolete}}, {{l|en|Nipponese}} {{q|dated}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|person of Japan}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|Japannees}}, {{t+|af|Japanner}}
* Ainu: {{t|ain|シサㇺ|tr=sisam}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|japonez|m}}
* Aleut: {{t|ale|Yapuunax̂}}, {{t|ale|Yapuunix̂}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|يَابَانِيّ|m}}, {{t+|ar|يَابَانِيَّة|f}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|ճապոնացի}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|xaponés|m}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|yapon}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|japoniar}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|япо́нец|m}}, {{t|be|япо́нка|f}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|জাপানি}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|japaneg|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|япо́нец|m}}, {{t|bg|япо́нка|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|japonès|m}}, {{t+|ca|japonesa|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|日本人|tr=jat6 bun2 jan4}}
*: Dungan: {{t|dng|жыбынжын}}
*: Hokkien: {{t|nan-hbl|日本儂|tr=ji̍t-pún-lâng}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|日本人|tr=rìběnrén}}, {{t+|cmn|日人|tr=rìrén}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|Japonec|m}}, {{t+|cs|Japonka|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|japaner}}, {{t|da|japanere|p}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|Japanner|m}}, {{t+|nl|Japanse|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|japano}}, {{t|eo|japanino}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|jaapanlane}} {{qualifier|for male, female}}, {{t|et|jaapanlanna}} {{qualifier|for female}}, {{t|et|jaapanlased}} {{qualifier|for plural}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|japani|m}}, {{t|fo|japanari|m}}, {{t|fo|japansmaður|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|japanilainen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|Japonais|m}}, {{t+|fr|Japonaise|f}}, {{t+|fr|Nippon|m}}, {{t|fr|Nippone|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|xaponés|m}}, {{t|gl|xaponesa|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|იაპონელი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Japaner|m}} ({{t+|de|Japanerin|f}}; {{t+|de|Japanese|m}})
* Greek: {{t+|el|Ιάπωνας|m}}, {{t+|el|Ιαπωνίδα|f}}
* Guaraní: {{t|gn|hapõgua}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|Iāpana}}, {{t|haw|Kepanī}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|יַפָּנִי|m|tr=yapáni}}, {{t+|he|יַפָּנִית|f|tr=yapanít}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|जापानी}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|japán}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|Japani|m}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|Japoniano}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|orang Jepang}}
* Interlingua: {{t+|ia|japonese}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|Seapánach|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|giapponese|m|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|日本人|tr=nihonjin, nipponjin}}, {{t+|ja|ジャパニーズ|tr=Japanīzu}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}
* Jeju: {{t|jje|웨인}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|жапон}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ជប៉ុន|tr=cea’pon}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|일본인(日本人)}}, {{t|ko|일본 사람}}
*: Early Modern Korean: {{t|ko-ear|예}}
*: Middle Korean: {{t|okm|예〯}}
*: Old Korean: {{t|oko|倭理|tr=*YEri}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|жапон}}
* Latin: {{t|la|Iapō|m|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|japānis|m}}, {{t|lv|japāniete|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|japonas|m}}, {{t+|lt|japonė|f}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|Japaner|m}}, {{t|lb|Japanerin|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|Јапонец|m}}, {{t|mk|Јапонка|f}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|[[orang]] [[Jepun]]}}
* Miyako: {{t-needed|mvi}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|mn|[[япон]] [[хүн]]}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé}}
* Nivkh: {{t|niv|сисам}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|no|japaner|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t+|no|japanar|m}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|japonés|m}}, {{t|oc|japonesa|f}}
* Okinawan: {{t-needed|ryu}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|ژاپنی|tr=žâponi}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|Japończyk|m-pr}}, {{t+|pl|Japonka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|japonês|m}}, {{t+|pt|japonesa|f}}
* Romani: {{t|rom|źaponèzo|m}}, {{t|rom|źaponèza|f}}, {{t|rom|japànco|m}}, {{t|rom|japànka|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|japonez|m}}, {{t+|ro|japoneză|f}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|giapunais|m}}, {{t|rm|giapunaisa|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|япо́нец|m}}, {{t+|ru|япо́нка|f}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|giaponesu|m}}, {{t|sc|giaponesa|f}}, {{t|sc|giapponesu|m}}, {{t|sc|giapponesa|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|Јапа́нац|m}}, {{t|sh|Ја̀па̄нка|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|Japánac|m}}, {{t|sh|Jàpānka|f}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|Japonec|m}}, {{t|sk|Japonka|f}}, {{t|sk|Japončík|m}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|Japonec|m}}, {{t|sl|Japonka|f}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|јопон}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|japonés|m}}, {{t+|es|japonesa|f}}, {{t+|es|nipón|m}} {{qualifier|uncommon}}, {{t+|es|nipona|f}} {{qualifier|uncommon}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|Mjapani}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|japan|c}} {{qualifier|male}}, {{t+|sv|japanska|c}} {{qualifier|female}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|Hapones}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|японӣ}}, {{t|tg|япон}}, {{t+|tg|ҷопонӣ}}, {{t|tg|ҷопон}}
* Thai: {{t|th|[[คน]][[ญี่ปุ่น]]|tr=kon yîi-bpùn}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|ཉི་ཧོང་གི་མི}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|Japon}}
* Turkmen: {{t+|tk|ýapon}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|япо́нець|m}}, {{t|uk|япо́нка|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|جاپانی|tr=jāpānī}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|ياپون}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|yapon}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|người Nhật}}
* Volapük: {{qualifier|♂♀}} {{t+|vo|Yapänan}}, {{qualifier|♂}} {{t|vo|hi-Yapänan}}, {{qualifier|♀}} {{t|vo|ji-Yapänan}}
* Yaeyama: {{t-needed|rys}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|יאַפּאַנער|m}}
* Yonaguni: {{t-needed|yoi}}
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===Proper noun===
{{en-proper noun}}

# {{senseid|en|Q5287}}A language that is primarily spoken in East Asia and is the official language of [[Japan]].
#: {{ux|en|I’ve been studying '''Japanese''' for three years, and I still can’t order pizza in Tokyo!}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|Nipponese}} {{q|dated}}, {{l|en|Nihongo}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|Japanese language}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|Japannees}}
* Ainu: {{t|ain|シサㇺ イタㇰ|tr=sisam itak}}
* Albanian: {{t|sq|[[gjuha]] [[japoneze]]}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|اَلْيَابَانِيَّة|f}}, {{t|ar|يَابَانِيّ|m}}, {{t+|ar|يَابَانِيَّة}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ճապոներեն}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|xaponés}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|Yapon dili}}
* Banjarese: {{t|bjn|bahasa Japang}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|japoniera}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|[[японскі|япо́нская]] [[мо́ва]]|f}}, {{t|be|япо́нская|f}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|জাপানি ভাষা|f}}, {{t+|bn|জাপানি}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|япо́нски|m}} {{qualifier|ези́к}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|japonès|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|日本話|tr=jat6 bun2 waa6-2}}, {{t|yue|日文|tr=jat6 man4-2}}, {{t|yue|和文|tr=wo4 man4}} {{qualifier|written}}
*: Eastern Min: {{t|cdo|日本話|tr=Nĭk-buōng-uâ}}, {{t|cdo|日本語|tr=Nĭk-buōng-ngṳ̄}}, {{t|cdo|日語|tr=Nĭk-ngṳ̄}}
*: Hokkien: {{t+|nan-hbl|日本語|tr=Ji̍t-pún-oē}}
*: Mandarin: {{qualifier|spoken language}} {{t+|cmn|日語|tr=Rìyǔ}}, {{qualifier|written language}} {{t+|cmn|日文|tr=Rìwén}}, {{qualifier|rare}} {{t+|cmn|日本話|tr=Rìběnhuà}}, {{qualifier|rare}} {{t+|cmn|日本語|tr=Rìběnyǔ}}, {{qualifier|rare}} {{t|cmn|日本文|tr=Rìběnwén}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|Nihonek|m}}, {{t|kw|Japanek|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|japonština|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|japansk}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|Japans}}
* Esperanto: {{l|eo|japana}} {{l|eo|lingvo}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|jaapani keel}}
* Farefare: {{t|gur|zappannɛ}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|japanskur|n|alt=japanskt}} {{qualifier|adjective}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|japani}}, {{t|fi|[[japanin]] [[kieli]]}}
* French: {{t+|fr|japonais|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|xaponés|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|იაპონური ენა}}, {{t+|ka|იაპონური}} {{qualifier|ენა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Japanisch|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|ιαπωνικά|n-p}}
* Guaraní: {{t|gn|hapõñe'ẽ}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|જાપાની ભાષા|f}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|‘Ōlelo Iāpana}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|יָפָּנִית|f|tr=yapanit}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|जापानी|f}}, {{t|hi|जापानी भाषा|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|japán}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|japanska|f}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|[[bahasa]] [[Jepang]]}}
* Interlingua: {{t+|ia|japonese}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|Seapáinis|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|giapponese|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|日本語|tr=nihongo}}, {{t+|ja|ジャパニーズ|tr=Japanīzu}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}
* Javanese: {{t|jv|basa Jepang}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|жапон тілі}}, {{t|kk|жапонша}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|[[ភាសា]][[ជប៉ុន]]|tr=phiəsaa cĕəʾpon}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|^일본어(日本語)}}, {{t+|ko|^일어(日語)}}, {{t|ko|^일본말}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|жапон тили}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|[[ພາສາ]][[ຍີ່ປຸ່ນ]]}}
* Latin: {{t|la|[[lingua]] [[Japonicus|Japonica]]|f}}, {{t|la|[[lingua]] [[Iaponicus|Iaponica]]|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|japāņu valoda|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|japonų kalba|f}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t+|lb|Japanesch|n}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|јапонски|m}} {{qualifier|ја́зик}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|[[bahasa]] [[Jepun]]}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ജാപ്പനീസ്}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᡰᡳᠪᡝᠨ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|Reo Hapani}}
* Mapudungun: {{t|arn|kapon dungun}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|जापानी}}
* Miyako: {{t|mvi|大和口|tr=Yamatu-futsu}}
* Mongolian: {{t|mn|япон хэл}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|Nííhon bizaad}}, {{t|nv|Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|japansk|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t+|nn|japansk|m}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|japonés|m}}
* Okinawan: {{t|ryu|大和口|tr=Yamatu-guchi}}
* Orok: {{t|oaa|се̄са кэсэни}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|ژاپنی|tr=žâponi}}, {{t|fa|[[زبان]] [[ژاپنی]]|tr=zabân-e žâponi}}
* Polish: {{qualifier|język}} {{t+|pl|japoński|m-in}}, {{t+|pl|japońszczyzna|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|japonês|m}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|[[limba]] [[japoneză]]|f}}, {{t+|ro|japoneză|f}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|giapunais|m}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[япо́нский]] [[язы́к]]}}, {{t+|ru|япо́нский|m}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|giaponesu|m}}, {{t|sc|giapponesu|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ја̀па̄нскӣ|m}} {{qualifier|језик}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|jàpānskī|m}} {{qualifier|jezik}}
* Sinhalese: {{t+|si|ජපන්}}, {{t|si|ජපන් භාෂාව}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|japončina|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|japonski|m}} {{qualifier|jezik}}, {{t+|sl|japonščina}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|јопон тил}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|japonés|m}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|Kijapani}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|japanska}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|ҷопонӣ}}, {{t|tg|забони ҷопонӣ}}
* Tamil: {{t|ta|ஜப்பானிய மொழி (Japania Mozhi)}}
* Telugu: {{t|te|జపనీసు}}
* Thai: {{t|th|[[ภาษา]][[ญี่ปุ่น]]|tr=paa-sǎa yîi-bpùn}}
* Tigrinya: {{t|ti|ጃፓንኛ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|Japonca}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|ýapon dili}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|японська|f}} {{qualifier|мо́ва}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|جاپانی|f|tr=jāpānī}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|yapon}}, {{t|uz|yapon tili}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|tiếng Nhật}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|Yapänapük}}
* Yaeyama: {{t|rys|大和物言|tr=Yamatu-muni}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|יאַפּאַניש|n}}
* Yonaguni: {{t|yoi|大和物言|tr=Damatun-munui}}
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===Derived terms===
{{der2|en|[[Japanese amberjack]] ({{taxlink|Seriola quinqueradiata|species}})|Japanese Bobtail|[[Japanese bunching onion]] ({{taxfmt|Allium fistulosum|species}})|[[Japanese bush warbler]] ({{taxlink|Horornis diphone|species}})|[[Japanese dormouse]] ({{taxfmt|Glirulus japonicus|species}})|Japanese encephalitis|[[Japanese giant salamander]] ({{taxlink|Andrias japonicus|species}})|[[Japanese knotweed]] ({{taxlink|Fallopia japonica|species}})|[[Japanese lantern]] ({{taxfmt|Alkekengi officinarum|species}}, syn. {{taxfmt|Physalis alkekengi|species}})|{{vern|Japanese scallop}} ({{taxlink|Mizuhopecten yessoensis|species}})|[[Japanese sea lion]] ({{taxlink|Zalophus japonicus|species}})|Japanese slipper|Japanese spitz|[[Japanese yew]] ({{taxfmt|Taxus cuspidata|species}})|Middle Japanese|non-Japanese|Japanese stiltgrass|Japanese studies|wapanese|anti-Japanese|Japanese beech|Japanese cake|Japanese chestnut|Japanese climbing fern|Japanese clock|Japanese clover|Japanese fever|Japanese flood fever|Japanese ivy|Japanese lacquer tree|Japanese millet|Japanese monkey|Japanese nightingale|Japanese pear|Japanese pheasant|Japanese pine|Japanese river fever|Japanese rose|Japanese sumac||Japanese English|Japanese theorem|Sinico-Japanese|Japanese sea bass|Japanese wolf|Japanese bear|Japanese black bear|Japanese crab|Japanese deer|Japanese earth|Japanese honeysuckle|Japanese lilac|Japanese pond smelt|Japanese smelt|Japanese tree lilac|Japanese weasel|Japanese full stop|Japanese spiny lobster}}

===See also===
* {{l|en|Japan}}
* {{l|en|Japanophile}}
* {{l|en|Nipponize}}
* {{l|en|Jap}}
* {{langcat|ja}}
* {{langlist}}

===Further reading===
* {{ISO 639|ref=1|ja||jpn}}
* {{ethnologue|jpn}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aaeejnps|Japanees}}

{{C|en|Japanese|Ethnonyms|Japan|Languages|Nationalities}}

==Afrikaans==

===Adjective===
{{head|af|adjective form}}

# {{attributive form of|af|Japanees}}

===Noun===
{{head|af|noun form}}

# {{plural of|af|Japanees}}

==German==

===Etymology===
From {{suffix|de|Japan|ese}}, after the model of earlier {{der|de|pt|japonês}}, {{der|de|NL.|japonensis}}, etc.

===Noun===
{{de-noun|m.weak}}

# {{lb|de|obsolete}} {{synonym of|de|Japaner|nodot=1}}, a [[#English|Japanese]] [[person]].

====Declension====
{{de-ndecl|m.weak}}


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