日に本ほん
Meanings
Noun
1. Japan
I will definitely return to Japan.
Kanji used
sun
book
Pitch accent
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Top 900
Used in vocabulary (394 in total)
Japanese person
Japanese (language)
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
Japan's best; number one in Japan
military of the Empire of Japan
Japanese government
sake (rice wine); saké
Japanese history; history of Japan
Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
(typically) Japanese
all over Japan; throughout Japan
Japanese yen; JPY
all of Japan; the whole of Japan; all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships; Japan national team
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
(Imperial) Japanese Navy
Japanese-style house
Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan
Japanese citizen; (the) Japanese
the Japanese; Japanese side; Japanese delegation; Japanese representatives
Japanese-style painting; picture in Japanese style; nihon-ga
Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism
Japanese food; Japanese meal
made in Japan; Japanese-made
Japanese cooking; Japanese cuisine
eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)
Japanese style; Nihon-shiki romanization (of Japanese)
first (of its kind) in Japan
Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden
Japanese man (esp. with traditional, masculine values); Japanese manhood
Japan time; Japan Standard Time; JST
(Imperial) Japanese Army
one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan
Japanese company (business, firm)
Japan proper (sometimes excluding the Ryukyu islands and other remote islands); mainland Japan
Japanese-style room
Japanese nationality; Japanese citizenship
traditional Japanese dance
Japanese record; national record
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten (Japanese dictionary published by Shogakukan)
throughout Japan
our country Japan
Japanization; Japanisation; Japanification
our country Japan
Japanese writing; Japanese text
Japanese style; Japanese fashion
Japanese style; Japanese model; Japanese way
the Japanese Alps
Japanese car; car of Japanese make
Japanese corporation; Japanese subsidiary (of a foreign corporation)
Japan Sea coastal areas; Sea of Japan coastal areas
Japan Series (annual championship series in Nippon Professional Baseball)
northern Japan (usu. referring to Tōhoku and Hokkaido)
Japanese dog breed (e.g. Shiba, Akita)
Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
Japan House; Japan Building; Nihonkan
Japan hand (someone very knowledgeable about Japan)
Japan's three famous sights (Matsushima, Miyajima and Ama-no-Hashidate)
Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd. (name of a publishing company)
Japan Socialist Party (1945-1996; succeeded by the Social Democratic Party of Japan); JSP
Japanese contingent; Japanese players; Japanese competitors; Japanese companies; Team Japan
Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)
Japanese territory
Japanese paper; washi
Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)
traditional Japanese swimming
Japanese encephalitis
Nippon Kempo; Nihon Kempo; Japanese martial art
southern Japan (usu. referring to Kyushu and southwards)
Nihon Kiin (national go organization of Japan)
Japanese character (i.e. kana, kanji)
northeast Japan (northeast of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line)
new Japanese record
Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism
match in which Japan plays; Japan match; Japan game
Japanese studies; Japanology
Nippon Decimal Classification; Nippon Decimal System (of book classification)
Japan Medical Association
Nippon Television Network
Japanese Red Army; JRA
Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax; extinct)
fuck Japan; drop dead, Japan
southwest Japan (southwest of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line)
Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan; group of Japanese and foreign Catholics who were crucified in 1597 in Nagasaki
Pacific Ocean coastal regions of Honshu
native Japanese horse
Japanese linguistics
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; JSPS
Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku (sixth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
Japanese Association of Medical Sciences; JAMS
Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association
Japanese National Railways (1949-1987)
The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; JCCI
Japan Democratic Party (1954-1955); Democratic Party (of Japan; 1947-1950)
Nihon Bungeisha (publisher)
Oriental blood fluke (Schistosoma japonicum)
Japan Current; Kuroshio Current
Japan New Party (Japanese political party, 1992-1994)
Japanese spitz (dog breed)
Japanese terrier (dog breed)
Japan Women's College of Physical Education
Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology; JSPN
Japanese Industrial Standards; JIS
Nihon Inter Electronics Corporation
Japanologist; Japan scholar
three greatest teas of Japan (Uji-cha, Sayama-cha and Shizuoka-cha)
Japan National Press Club
Japanese language specialist; linguist specializing in Japanese
Japan Amateur Sports Association; JASA
Japan Scholarship Foundation
Japan Travel Bureau Foundation (JTB)
Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan (1856 report on the 1852-1854 Perry expeditions written by Francis L. Hawks; authorized by Matthew Perry)
Japan Highway Public Corporation; JHPC
Japanese Association of Religious Organizations
Nippon Professional Baseball Organization; NPB
Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
schistosomiasis japonica; Japanese schistosomiasis; oriental schistosomiasis
Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus)
Japanese-style doll; doll with traditional Japanese clothing
Japanese Sign Language; JSL
Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia); nashi pear
Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia); nashi pear
Amway Japan Limited
Nippon Comsys Corporation
Japan Transcity Corporation
Japan Professional Football League
Nippon Resibon Corporation
Linguistic Society of Japan; LSJ
Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan
Japanese name (of a species, person, company, etc.)
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force; JMSDF
Japanese soldier
Japan Institute of the Moving Image
Japan disease; perceived inability of Japan to overcome economic stagnation, etc.
Japan Pulp And Paper Company Limited
Nihon Pharmaceutical University
Japan Congress of Journalists; JCJ
Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia); nashi pear
Professional Golfers' Association of Japan
Chemical Society of Japan
Japan Patent Attorneys Association
Japan Federation of Certified Tax Accountant's Association
Nippon Sei Ko Kai; Anglican Episcopal Church in Japan
Japan Rubber Manufacturers Association
Japan's Three Famous Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku)
The Japanese Association of Psychology for Human Services
Nippon Sanso Corporation
Nippon Formula Feed Manufacturing Company Limited
Japan Society of Blood Transfusion
Japan Society for the Study of Business Administration; JBA
Japan Domestic Airlines (1964-1971)
Japan Foreign Trade Council (JFTC)
Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University
Japan's Three Holy Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku)
Pesticide Science Society of Japan; PSSJ
Japanese Society of Animal Science
Japanese Shipowners' Association; JSA
Japan Association of Athletics Federations; JAAF
Japan Inorganic Chemical Industry Association
Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association
Conservative Party of Japan
Japan Magazine Publishers Association
Kinki Nihon Tetsudō (railway company)
Nihon Hidankyo; Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations
Japan Institute of Management and Administration; JIMA
Examination for Japanese University Admission (for international students); EJU
Japan Amateur Baseball Association
Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations; Nihon Hidankyo
Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations; Nihon Hidankyo
Eiken Foundation of Japan; (formerly) Society for Testing English Proficiency (STEP)
General Council of Trade Unions of Japan (1950-1989); Sōhyō
General Council of Trade Unions of Japan (1950-1989); Sōhyō
Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)
Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)
Japan Agricultural Standard; JAS
Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (pre-2019 name); JISC
Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation
Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax; extinct)
Japanese honeybee (Apis cerana japonica)
Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus)
Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus)
Japanese copperhead (Gloydius blomhoffii); mamushi pit-viper
Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)
Japanese tree frog (Hyla japonica)
Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
Japanese crayfish (Cambaroides japonicus)
Japanese pond turtle (Mauremys japonica)
Japanese sea lion (Zalophus japonicus) (extinct)
Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
Japanese toad (Bufo japonicus); Japanese common toad
Japanese crayfish (Cambaroides japonicus)
dong dang gui (aromatic herb similar to dong quai, Angelica acutiloba)
Japanese weasel (Mustela itatsi)
Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
Dsinezumi shrew (Crocidura dsinezumi); Japanese white-toothed shrew
Schlegel's Japanese gecko (Gekko japonicus); Japanese gecko
Japanese fire belly newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster)
Japanese brown frog (Rana japonica)
Japanese badger (Meles meles anakuma)
Japanism; Japanese nationalistic ideological movement
Examples (200 in total)
Is this your first time in Japan?
I've arrived back in Japan.
This is Japan.