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Japan is an island country in East Asia. It is in the northwest Pacific Ocean and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south.
- History of Japan
The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have...
- Religion in Japan
Shinto (神道, Shintō), also kami-no-michi, is the indigenous...
- Flag
The national flag of Japan is a rectangular white banner...
- Japanese People
Japanese people (Japanese: 日本人, Hepburn: Nihonjin) are an...
- Japanese Popular Culture
Japanese popular culture includes Japanese cinema, cuisine,...
- Territorial Disputes of Japan
The Senkaku Islands, also known as Diaoyu Islands in the...
- Japanese Cuisine
Osechi, new year special dishes. Japanese cuisine...
- History of Japan
The words on this page are an incomplete list of words which are listed in major English dictionaries and whose etymologies include Japanese. The reverse of this list can be found at List of gairaigo and wasei-eigo terms.
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Some online dictionaries are organized as lists of words, similar to a glossary, while others offer search features, reverse lookups, and additional language tools and content such as verb conjugations, grammar references, and discussion forums.
Merriam-Webster, Incorporated is an American company that publishes reference books and is mostly known for its dictionaries. It is the oldest dictionary publisher in the United States. [1] In 1831, George and Charles Merriam founded the company as G & C Merriam Co. in Springfield, Massachusetts.
(Top) References. See also. List of Japanese dictionaries. The following is a list of notable print, electronic, and online Japanese dictionaries.
Japanese dictionary. Japanese dictionaries ( Japanese: 国語辞典, Hepburn: Kokugo jiten) have a history that began over 1300 years ago when Japanese Buddhist priests, who wanted to understand Chinese sutras, adapted Chinese character dictionaries. Present-day Japanese lexicographers are exploring computerized editing and electronic dictionaries.
A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical and stroke for logographic languages), which may include information on definitions, usage, etymologies, pronunciations, translation, etc. [1] [2] [3] It is a lexicographi...
