Translation
Japanese
Word origin
From Japanio, the Esperanto name of Japan. The country's name reached European languages by sea trade, via Malay and Portuguese, from a Chinese reading of the name that means 'origin of the sun'.
- Origin
- international
- Root
- Japanio
- English cognates
- Japan
Examples
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I am learning the Japanese language.
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She is reading a Japanese book about art.
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Japanese tea is very good.
Country words come in tidy sets: Japanio is the country, japano a Japanese person, the adjective. Say on its own and every Esperantist hears ; the noun is simply left off. The same pattern gives angla, franca and germana, so once you know one nationality set you know them all.
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