Japon

Meaning

Japan (a country and archipelago in East Asia)

Concepts

Japan

japan

𐐖𐐲𐐹𐐰𐑌

ancient Japan

Japanese Archipelago

Japanese Islands

Nihon

Nippon

Chiba

Fukuoka

Hiratsuka

Japonia

Kobe

Kofu

Kyōto

Kōbe

Maebashi

Matsue

Matsuyama

Mito

Miyazaki

Naha

Niigata

Oita

Okayama

Otsu

Saitama

Sendai

Takamatsu

Utsunomiya

Wakayama

Yokohama

uguisubari

Ōsaka

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʒa.pɔ̃/

Etymology

From either or both Dutch Japan and/or Portuguese Japão, from either or both:
* Indonesian Malay Jepang, from Teochew 日本 (rig⁸ bung²), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, “sun origin”).
* Malay Jepun, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, “sun origin”).

Sentences

Il est ensuite sorti au Japon .

It was then released in Japan.

Le Japon est confronté à une forte perte de compétitivité .

Japan is facing a sharp loss of competitiveness.

Le même jour , l'empereur du Japon le décora de l'Ordre du Soleil levant .

That same day he was awarded the Fourth Rank Order of the Rising Sun from the Emperor of Japan.