From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
Japanese
adj : of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people
or their culture or language; "the Japanese Emperoro";
"Japanese cars" [syn: Japanese, Nipponese]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Japan [syn: Japanese,
Nipponese]
2: the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the
Japanese people [syn: Japanese]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Japanese \Jap`a*nese"\, a.
Of or pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Japanese \Jap`a*nese"\, n. sing. & pl.
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1. A native or inhabitant of Japan; collectively, the people
of Japan.
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2. sing. The language of the people of Japan, called in the
Japanese language nihongo.
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