ニホン
Meanings
Noun
1. Japan
Pitch accent
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Top 48900
Used in vocabulary (384 in total)
Japanese (language)
Japanese wolf (Canis lupus hodophilax; extinct)
sake (rice wine); saké
Japanese honeybee (Apis cerana japonica)
Japanese person
Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus)
Japanese tree frog (Hyla japonica)
Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)
Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
Japanese style; Nihon-shiki romanization (of Japanese)
Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus)
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
Japanese crayfish (Cambaroides japonicus)
Japanese copperhead (Gloydius blomhoffii); mamushi pit-viper
Japanese pond turtle (Mauremys japonica)
Japanese toad (Bufo japonicus); Japanese common toad
Japanese sea lion (Zalophus japonicus) (extinct)
Japan's best; number one in Japan
military of the Empire of Japan
throughout Japan
Japanese government
Japanese history; history of Japan
Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
(typically) Japanese
all over Japan; throughout Japan
Japanese yen; JPY
all of Japan; the whole of Japan; all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships; Japan national team
(Imperial) Japanese Navy
Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Chronicles of Japan
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
Japanese-style house
the Japanese islands
Japanese literature
Japanese citizen; (the) Japanese
Japanese-style painting; picture in Japanese style; nihon-ga
Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism
Great Japan
the Japanese; Japanese side; Japanese delegation; Japanese representatives
Japanese food; Japanese meal
Japanese tea
made in Japan; Japanese-made
Japanese cooking; Japanese cuisine
first (of its kind) in Japan
Japanese economy
eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)
all over Japan
Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden
Japanese man (esp. with traditional, masculine values); Japanese manhood
Japan time; Japan Standard Time; JST
(Imperial) Japanese Army
our country Japan
one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan
Japanese society
Japanese company (business, firm)
Japan proper (sometimes excluding the Ryukyu islands and other remote islands); mainland Japan
Japanese-style room
Japan-specific
traditional Japanese dance
Japanese nationality; Japanese citizenship
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten (Japanese dictionary published by Shogakukan)
Japanese record; national record
Japanization; Japanisation; Japanification
Bank of Japan; BOJ
Japan Standard Time; JST
Japanese style; Japanese model; Japanese way
Japanese style; Japanese fashion
Embassy of Japan
the Japanese market
the Japanese Alps
Japanese car; car of Japanese make
Japanese Communist Party
Japan Sea coastal areas; Sea of Japan coastal areas
Japanese corporation; Japanese subsidiary (of a foreign corporation)
Japanese writing; Japanese text
Japanese dog breed (e.g. Shiba, Akita)
Japan Series (annual championship series in Nippon Professional Baseball)
northern Japan (usu. referring to Tōhoku and Hokkaido)
Japanese restaurant
Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
Japan's three famous sights (Matsushima, Miyajima and Ama-no-Hashidate)
Japan hand (someone very knowledgeable about Japan)
Japan Shogi Association
Japan Socialist Party (1945-1996; succeeded by the Social Democratic Party of Japan); JSP
outside Japan
Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd. (name of a publishing company)
Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)
Japanese contingent; Japanese players; Japanese competitors; Japanese companies; Team Japan
Japanese territory
Japanese banknote
Japanese paper; washi
Nihon University
new Japanese record
Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)
traditional Japanese swimming
Japanese encephalitis
southern Japan (usu. referring to Kyushu and southwards)
Japanese Red Cross Society; JRC
Nihon Kiin (national go organization of Japan)
northeast Japan (northeast of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line)
Japanese character (i.e. kana, kanji)
Nippon Kempo; Nihon Kempo; Japanese martial art
Japanese studies; Japanology
Nippon Decimal Classification; Nippon Decimal System (of book classification)
match in which Japan plays; Japan match; Japan game
Japan Medical Association
new Japanese record
Japanese Red Army; JRA
central Japan
Nippon Television Network
southwest Japan (southwest of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line)
fuck Japan; drop dead, Japan
Japan Women's University
Japan Swimming Federation
Pacific Ocean coastal regions of Honshu
Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku (sixth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
Japanese linguistics
native Japanese horse
Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan; group of Japanese and foreign Catholics who were crucified in 1597 in Nagasaki
Japanese Consulate General
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; JSPS
Science Council of Japan
Japanese Pharmacopoeia
Japan Democratic Party (1954-1955); Democratic Party (of Japan; 1947-1950)
Oriental blood fluke (Schistosoma japonicum)
Japanese National Railways (1949-1987)
The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; JCCI
Japan bashing
Shinnihon Corporation
Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association
Nippon Sport Science University
Nihon Bungeisha (publisher)
Japanese Association of Medical Sciences; JAMS
Japan Industrial Standards; JIS
Japan Current; Kuroshio Current
Japan New Party (Japanese political party, 1992-1994)
Japan Art Institute
Japanese grammar
Japanese Industrial Standards; JIS
Japanese terrier (dog breed)
Japan Football Association
Nihon Medical School
Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited
Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Japan Women's College of Physical Education
Japan Braille Library
Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology; JSPN
Japanologist; Japan scholar
schistosomiasis japonica; Japanese schistosomiasis; oriental schistosomiasis
Japan Cable Radio Awards
Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku (fifth of the six classical Japanese history texts)
Japanese education system
Japan Fine Arts Exhibition
Bank of Japan Act
three greatest teas of Japan (Uji-cha, Sayama-cha and Shizuoka-cha)
Japanese language specialist; linguist specializing in Japanese
Japanese spitz (dog breed)
Japanese Rules
Nihon Inter Electronics Corporation
Japan Scholarship Foundation
United Church of Christ in Japan
United Church of Christ in Japan
Japan Weather Association; JWA
Japan National Press Club
Japan Travel Bureau Foundation (JTB)
Japan High School Baseball Federation
Japanese Association of Religious Organizations
Japan Security Dealers Association; JSDA
Nippon Trust Bank Limited
Japan Amateur Sports Association; JASA
Nihon Fukushi University
Japan Federation of Bar Associations
Nippon Professional Baseball Organization; NPB
Japan Post (2003-2007)
The Japan Writers' Association; JWA
Japan Highway Public Corporation; JHPC
Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan (1856 report on the 1852-1854 Perry expeditions written by Francis L. Hawks; authorized by Matthew Perry)
Japanese brown frog (Rana japonica)
Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
Japanese fire belly newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster)
dong dang gui (aromatic herb similar to dong quai, Angelica acutiloba)
Japanese badger (Meles meles anakuma)
Japanese weasel (Mustela itatsi)
Dsinezumi shrew (Crocidura dsinezumi); Japanese white-toothed shrew
Schlegel's Japanese gecko (Gekko japonicus); Japanese gecko
Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia); nashi pear
Japan Agricultural Standard; JAS
standard tables of food composition in Japan
Japanese Sign Language; JSL
Japan's Three Famous Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku)
Japan's Three Holy Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku)
Japanese spotted fever
Japonic languages
Japan disease; perceived inability of Japan to overcome economic stagnation, etc.
Examination for Japanese University Admission (for international students); EJU
Japanese law
Japanese soldier
Japanese-style doll; doll with traditional Japanese clothing
Conservative Party of Japan
Japanese name (of a species, person, company, etc.)
Kinki Nihon Tetsudō (railway company)
Korean Residents Union in Japan (former name)
Korean Residents Union in Japan (former name)
Korean Residents Union in Japan; Mindan
Korean Residents Union in Japan; Mindan
Federation of New Religious Organizations in Japan
Amway Japan Limited
Japan Aluminium Association
Japan Gas Association
Nippon Comsys Corporation
Japan Contact Lens Association; JCLA
Japan Rubber Manufacturers Association
Japan Congress of Journalists; JCJ
Japan Chain Stores Association
Japan Tennis Association
Japan Transcity Corporation
Japan Volleyball Association
Professional Golfers' Association of Japan
Japan Professional Football League
Japan Hotel Association
Japan Muslim Association
Japanese National Commission for UNESCO
Japan Leasing
Nippon Resibon Corporation
Nippon Idou Tsushin Corporation; IDO
Eiken Foundation of Japan; (formerly) Society for Testing English Proficiency (STEP)
Japan Chemical Industry Association
Japan Information Center of Science and Technology
Japan Information Center of Science and Technology
Oceanographic Society of Japan
Japan Development Bank; JDB
Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
Japanese Society of School Health
Japan Tourism Association
Japan Tourist Hotel Association
Japan Society for the Study of Business Administration; JBA
Japan Institute of Management and Administration; JIMA
The Institute of Cetacean Research
Japan Nuclear Technology Institute; JANTI
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute; JAERI
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute; JAERI
Linguistic Society of Japan; LSJ
Nihon Kohden Corporation
Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Nihon Institute of Technology; NIT
Japanese Society of Anti-Aging Medicine
Japanese Society for Aeromedical Services
Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
Japan Mining Industry Association
Mineralogical Society of Japan
Japan High School Baseball Federation
Japan Domestic Airlines (1964-1971)
Japan Magazine Publishers Association
Japan Society of Industrial Machinery Manufacturers
Japan Society of Industrial Machinery Manufacturers
Nippon Sanso Corporation
Japan Pulp And Paper Company Limited
Nippon Dental University
Japan Clock & Watch Association
Nature Conservation Society of Japan
Japan Automobile Research Institute; JARI
Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association
Japan Vending Machine Manufacturers Association
Japanese Calligraphy Promotion Organization
Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University
Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan
Japan Association for Bioethics
Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
Japan Federation of Certified Tax Accountant's Association
Japanese Shipowners' Association; JSA
Japan Ship Exporters' Association
Japan Bond Trading Company
Japan Amateur Sumo Union
Shipbuilders' Association of Japan
The General Insurance Association of Japan
Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center
Japanese Society of Animal Science
Japan Direct Marketing Association; JDMA
Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation
Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association
Japan Electric Association; JEA
Japan Electronics Industry Development Association; JEIDA
Pesticide Science Society of Japan; PSSJ
Nippon Formula Feed Manufacturing Company Limited
Japan Department Stores Association
Nihon Bunka University
Nippon Bunri University
Japan Patent Attorneys Association
Japan Direct Selling Association
Japan Foreign Trade Council (JFTC)
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
Japan Democratic Lawyer's Association
Japan Democratic Lawyer's Association
Japan Inorganic Chemical Industry Association
Japan Amateur Baseball Association
NOF Corporation
Japan Society of Blood Transfusion
(former) Japan Import Export Bank
Japan Association of Athletics Federations; JAAF
Japan Institute of Labor; JIL
Japan Sumo Association; JSA
Japan Federation of Employers' Associations
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation; NTT
Electronic Industries Association of Japan; EIAJ
The Japanese Association of Psychology for Human Services
Japanese Association for Mental Health; JAMH
Japanese Association of Psychiatric Hospitals; JAPH
Japan Psychoanalytical Association
Japanese Federation of Mental Health and Welfare
Japanese Federation of Mental Health and Welfare
Japan Legal Support Center
Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (pre-2019 name); JISC
Japan House; Japan Building; Nihonkan
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force; JMSDF
Japan Air Self-Defense Force; JASDF
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; JGSDF
Nihon Pharmaceutical University
Japan University of Health Sciences
Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University
Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University
Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University
Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University
Japan Institute of the Moving Image
Nihon Wellness Sports University
Nihon Institute of Medical Science
Nihon Institute of Medical Science
Japan Health Care College
Association of Korean Residents in Japan
Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)
Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)
Chemical Society of Japan
Japanese Trade Union Confederation; RENGO
General Council of Trade Unions of Japan (1950-1989); Sōhyō
General Council of Trade Unions of Japan (1950-1989); Sōhyō
The Japan Kanji Aptitude Test
Nippon Sei Ko Kai; Anglican Episcopal Church in Japan
Japan University of Economics
Japan Association of Travel Agents; JATA
Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations; Nihon Hidankyo
Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations; Nihon Hidankyo
Nihon Hidankyo; Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations
Japanese Medical Specialty Board
Japanese Dental Specialty Board
Japanism; Japanese nationalistic ideological movement
Examples (200 in total)
Is this your first time in Japan?
I've arrived back in Japan.
This is Japan.