japanese

Adjective
  1. Of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language (synset 302976588)
    "the Japanese Emperor"; "Japanese cars"
    same as: nipponese
Noun
  1. A native or inhabitant of Japan (synset 109737613)
    associated with:
    • 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
    is a type of: asian, asiatic - a native or inhabitant of Asia
    subtypes:
    • 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
    belongs to: japan, nihon, nippon - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building
    same as: nipponese
  2. The language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese (synset 106942056)
    associated with: 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
    is a type of: altaic, altaic language - a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe
    subtypes: ryukyuan - the language (related to Japanese) that is spoken by the people of the Ryukyu Islands

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