/¹jɑːpan/
UrsprungFrom Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwon^X, literally “sun origin”).
- neuterJapan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)
- common-genderA person from Japan.
FormerJapans(genitive) · japan(indefinite, nominative, singular) · japans(genitive, indefinite, singular) · japanen(definite, nominative, singular) · japanens(definite, genitive, singular) · japaner(indefinite, nominative, plural) · japaners(genitive, indefinite, plural) · japanerna(definite, nominative, plural) · japanernas(definite, genitive, plural)