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Note: the word Japanese should always be capitalized, even in adjective form.

the main language spoken in Japan.
- I've been studying Japanese for three years, and I still can't order pizza in Kyoto!
a person living in or coming from Japan. (pl. Japanese)
- A Japanese will typically have black hair, brown eyes, and pale skin.
- Note: this can also refer to someone of Japanese ancestry. Less frequently, someone of Japanese ancestry living in another country will be referred to by a similar pairing--e.g., Japanese-Taiwanese or Japanese-British.
- Note: many people object to the usage of this sense in singular form, and it is now more frequent to see a person in or from Japan referred to by using the adjective Japanese . Rather than "a Japanese," you will frequently see "a Japanese person."

Japanese language

Japanese people

of or relating to Japan.
- A Japanese saw is one that cuts on the pull stroke rather than on the push stroke.
- In the United States, Japanese animation has had a tremendous surge in popularity over the last few years.

Catalan : japonès m, japonesa f
Czech : japonský m, japonská f, japonské n
Danish: japansk
Dutch: Japans, Japanse
Esperanto : japana
Finnish: japanilainen
French: japonais m; japonaise f
German: japanisch
Hungarian: japán
Indonesian : Jepang
Interlingua : japonese
Italian: giapponese
Japanese:
日本- (にほん-, nihon-) (used in compounds);
日本の (にほんの, nihon no) (of Japan).
Latin: Iaponicus
Lithuanian : japoniškas m; japoniška f
Malay : Jepun
Norwegian : japansk
Farsi : ژاپنی (Zhaponi)
Polish: japoński m, japońska f; japońskie n, pl
Portuguese: japonês m; japonesa f
Romanian: japonez m, japoneză f, japonezi m pl, japoneze f pl
Romanica: japonese m, japonesa f
Slovak: japonský m, japonská f, japonské n
Spanish: japonés m, japonesa f
Swedish: japansk
Vietnamese : (thuộc) Nhật