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japanese | gyotaku |

As nouns the difference between japanese and gyotaku

is that japanese is a person living in or coming from japan, or of japanese ancestry while gyotaku is a traditional form of japanese fish printing.

As an adjective japanese

is of, relating to, or derived from japan, its language, or culture.

As a proper noun japanese

is the main language spoken in japan.

japanese

English

(wikipedia Japanese)

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, relating to, or derived from Japan, its language, or culture.
    • A Japanese saw is one that cuts on the pull stroke rather than on the push stroke.
    In the United States, Japanese animation has had a tremendous surge in popularity over the last few years.

    Noun

    (Japanese)
  • A person living in or coming from Japan, or of Japanese ancestry.
    • A Japanese will typically have black hair, brown eyes, and pale skin.
  • * 2007 October 16, Madeleine Brand, “Japan Struggles to Meet Its CO2 Emissions Limits”, Day to Day , National Public Radio,
    • Motoyuki Shibata isn’t a typical Japanese .
  • English plurals
  • (uncountable) food.
    • Let’s go out to eat. I’m in the mood for Japanese .

    Usage notes

    As with all nouns formed from -ese , the countable singular form ("I am a Japanese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect, although it is rather frequent in East Asia as a translation for the demonyms written in Chinese characters (Japanese kanji).

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The main language spoken in Japan.
    • I’ve been studying Japanese for three years, and I still can’t order pizza in Tokyo!

    Derived terms

    * Japanese amberjack * Japanese Bobtail * Japanese bunching onion * Japanese cuisine * Japanese encephalitis * Japanese food * Japanese giant salamander * Japanese knotweed * Japanese lantern * Japanese sea lion * Japanese slipper * Japanese spitz * Japanese yew * Middle Japanese

    Synonyms

    * Nihongo

    See also

    * Japan * wapanese * Japanophile * Nipponize * Jap * Nihongo (in Japanese) * (ja) * Language list

    External links

    * English invariant nouns

    gyotaku

    English

    (wikipedia gyotaku)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A traditional form of Japanese fish printing.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 8, author=Brett Martin, title=First a Hook, Then Ink: An Artist’s Catch, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In Japan the tradition of fish printing, or gyotaku , goes back to the 1800s, when fishermen began using ink and paper to record their catch. Ms. Sessler, who studied design in college, began making her fish prints two winters ago, when her husband got home from a long fishing excursion. }}