NIPPONESE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nipponese mean? 

• NIPPONESE (noun)
  The noun NIPPONESE has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of Japan

  Familiarity information: NIPPONESE used as a noun is very rare.

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIPPONESE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Japan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Japanese; Nipponese

Hypernyms ("Nipponese" 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 "Nipponese"):

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 ("Nipponese" 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:

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

• NIPPONESE (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

Derivation:

Nipponese (a native or inhabitant of Japan)