Phrase Hound found 223 phrases and 19 compound words that contain japanese. The most common are listed below. Open japanese in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 223
- Old Japanesethe oldest stage of the Japanese language; spoken through the 8th century and followed by Late Old Japanese
- Japanese studiesAn academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the Japanese language, Japanese linguistics, and Japanese sociolinguistics.
- anti-JapaneseAgainst or opposing Japan or Japanese people.
- Middle JapaneseThe ancestor language of Japanese, spoken in the period c. 800–1600.
- Sino-JapaneseInvolving both China and Japan, for example the First Sino-Japanese War, or Sino-Japanese vocabulary
- Japanese anime
- Japanese Sign LanguageSign language used in Japan. ISO 639-3 code: jsl.
- Japanese EnglishSynonym of Engrish: Ungrammatical, unorthographical or nonsensical English of the kind found in East Asia, notably in Japan.
- Modern JapaneseThe modern stage of the Japanese language, usually dated from around 1600.
- Japanese irisA group of iris flower species native to or cultivated in East Asia, particularly in Japan, Korea, China, Russia, and Mongolia. Scientifically, the three primary species are Iris ensata, Iris laevigata, and Iris sanguinea.
- Classical JapaneseThe Japanese language as spoken and written which was used during about 900-1200 C.E. and continued to be commonly used as the written language until about 1900 C.E.
- Japanese robinLarvivora akahige, a small passerine bird native to Japan.
- Japanese knotweedA large, herbaceous perennial plant, Fallopia japonica, native to Asia; it is a highly invasive colonizer outside of its native territory.
- Japanese beetleA beetle of species Popillia japonica, with iridescent copper-colored elytra and green thorax and head, an invasive pest outside of Japan.
- Japanese cedarA conifer of species Cryptomeria japonica, the only species of the genus Cryptomeria.
- Japanese Blacka breed of Japanese beef cattle, one of six native Japanese cattle breeds
- Japanese feetplural of Japanese foot: A shaku, a traditional Japanese unit of distance based on the human forearm, now standardized as ¹⁰⁄₃₃ of a meter.
- Japanese paperA soft fine paper made from the bark of the paper mulberry, giving good impressions of plate engravings.
- Japanese EmpireSynonym of Empire of Japan: Japan from the Constitution of the Empire of Japan (1890) until the enactment of the post-WWII Constitution of Japan (1947). Unofficially used for Japan from the end of the shogunate (1868) to the end of World …
- Japanese wolfCanis lupus hodophilax, an extinct subspecies of the grey wolf that was once endemic to the islands of Honshū, Shikoku and Kyūshū in the Japanese archipelago.
- Japanese wagtailA wagtail of species Motacilla grandis, family Motacillidae, native to Japan and Korea.
- Japanese macaqueA species of macaque, Macaca fuscata, native to Japan.
- Japanese encephalitisA viral disease prevalent in south-east Asia, caused by Japanese encephalitis virus transmitted by mosquito.
- Japanese footA shaku, a traditional Japanese unit of distance based on the human forearm, now standardized as ¹⁰⁄₃₃ of a meter.
- Japanese tissueA thin, strong paper made from vegetable fibers.
Compound words 19
- JapanesenessThe quality of being Japanese.
- jandalA flip-flop (type of footwear)
- YapaneseIncomprehensible and meaningless speech; nonsense, waffle.
- JenglishJapanese-influenced English, especially when nonstandard or ungrammatical.
- TrumpaneseSynonym of Trumpese; the idiolect of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States.
- JapanesishSynonym of Japanesey: Somewhat Japanese; affecting a Japanese style.
- JapaneseryThat which is Japanese, generally; the manners, culture, ornamentation etc. of Japan.
- JapanoiseA genre of postindustrial music of Japan, primarily in the 1980s and 1990s.
- BlackaneseOf mixed black and Asian heritage.
- JanglishA variety of English incorporating Japanese words or constructions; English heavily influenced by Japanese grammar or pronunciation.