- Japanese, Nipponese - of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language; "the Japanese Emperoro"; "Japanese cars"
- Japanese, Nipponese - a native or inhabitant of Japan
--1 is a kind of Asian, Asiatic
--1 is a member of Japan, Nippon, Nihon
--1 has particulars:Ryukyuan; Jap, Nip; geisha, geisha girl; shogun - Japanese - the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese people
--2 is a kind of Altaic, Altaic language
--2 has particulars: Ryukyuan