Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective & noun Japanese.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language; Japanese.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Japan.
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- adjective
Japanese - proper noun dated A
Japanese (person from Japan) - proper noun dated The Japanese language
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language
- noun a native or inhabitant of Japan
Etymologies
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Examples
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In keeping with Nipponese cults, the Japan Society has scheduled, for its latest film series, Hardest Men in Town: Yakuza Chronicles of Sin, Sex & Violence, which takes place from March 9-19, 2011.
Brad Balfour: Cultish Cinema Stalks Manhattan For The Next Month Brad Balfour 2011
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In keeping with Nipponese cults, the Japan Society has scheduled, for its latest film series, Hardest Men in Town: Yakuza Chronicles of Sin, Sex & Violence, which takes place from March 9-19, 2011.
Brad Balfour: Cultish Cinema Stalks Manhattan For The Next Month Brad Balfour 2011
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Noticeable number of Nipponese Net-shop for knickers
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Noticeable number of Nipponese Net-shop for knickers
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James Bond on a Nipponese acid trip in a bukkake club.
Zombies vs. Unicorns Justine Larbalestier 2010
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“James Bond on a Nipponese acid trip,” you say, softly.
Zombies vs. Unicorns Justine Larbalestier 2010
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You can't trespass on private property, just to park your overpriced Nipponese Urban Assault Vehicle.
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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And they show no exception when it comes to the matter of death and developing elaborate rituals for dealing with the dead -- though it has never been much of Nipponese cinematic subject (unlike say, the Irish where there seems to be a funeral or wake in nearly every film made about people of Gaelic descent) -- that is, not until the film Departures was made.
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When Japan was friends with us prior to WWII, they wanted to give something that spoke deep to the Nipponese spirit of Yamoto - of their art and culture.
Life in southern Ohio. Ann Althouse 2009
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He tried Nishi Azabu, Roppongi, Harajuku, and Shibuya Center Gai, even Ebisu, popular with the expatriate set, though it was almost unthinkable that a gaijin would know something before a Nipponese would.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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