JAPANESE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Japanese mean? 

• JAPANESE (noun)
  The noun JAPANESE has 2 senses:

1. a native or inhabitant of Japan

2. the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese

  Familiarity information: JAPANESE used as a noun is rare.

• JAPANESE (adjective)
  The adjective JAPANESE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: JAPANESE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAPANESE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Japan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Japanese; Nipponese

Hypernyms ("Japanese" is a kind of...):

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Domain member category:

samurai (feudal Japanese military aristocracy)

ninja (a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations)

ninja (a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu)

samurai (a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Japanese"):

Ryukyuan (a member of the Japanese people living on the Ryukyu Islands southwest of Japan)

Jap; Nip ((offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent)

geisha; geisha girl (a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing)

shogun (a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68)

Holonyms ("Japanese" is a member of...):

Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)

Derivation:

Japanese (of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Japanese" is a kind of...):

Altaic; Altaic language (a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe)

Domain member category:

mikado; tenno (the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno)

Domain region:

Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Japanese"):

Ryukyuan (the language (related to Japanese) that is spoken by the people of the Ryukyu Islands)

• JAPANESE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Japanese; Nipponese

Context example:

Japanese cars

Pertainym:

Japan (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)

Derivation:

Japanese (a native or inhabitant of Japan)

 Context examples 

I have some knowledge, however, of baritsu, or the Japanese system of wrestling, which has more than once been very useful to me.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The time was not long when Martin ceased patronizing the Japanese restaurants.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Now, in a study of mice, a team of Japanese and U.S. researchers show that it may also be a time when the brain actively forgets.

(The brain may actively forget during dream sleep, National Institutes of Health)

"European, US, Australian, Japanese, etc. shows a forecast skill for predicting some of these events at a two-week timescale. However, there is a huge scope for improvement," McPhaden adds.

(Global disasters linked to warming Indo-Pacific seas, SciDev.Net)

You will kindly deposit your ash in the small Japanese tray on the bamboo table which stands at your left elbow.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Height: 7-11 inches (18-28 cm.) Weight: up to 9 pounds (4 kg.) There are two classes of Japanese Spaniels: under 7 pounds, and over 7 pounds.

(Japanese Chin, NCI Thesaurus)

ddhCTP may be able to inhibit all flaviviruses, a class of viruses that includes Zika as well as dengue, West Nile, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis and hepatitis C.

(Scientists Discover How Antiviral Gene Works, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Naruto is a Japanese cartoon ninja character who runs with his arms behind his back.

(Millions don't turn up to 'storm' US airbase for extraterrestrial evidence, Wikinews)

This phenomenon was first described in 1978 by robotics professor Masahiro Mori, who coined an expression in Japanese that went on to be translated as the ‘Uncanny Valley’.

(Scientists identify possible source of the ‘Uncanny Valley’ in the brain, University of Cambridge)

The Tambor-class submarine U.S.S. Grayback encountered a Japanese Nakajima b5N carrier bomber while returning from its tenth patrol in late February 1944.

(Lost 52 Project announces discovery of wrecked sub near Okinawa, Wikinews)