1. Of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language
   "Japanese cars"; "the Japanese Emperor";
   - Nipponese

1. A native or inhabitant of Japan
   - Nipponese
    
2. The primary language of Japan
   "Japanese uses three writing systems: hiragana, katakana, and kanji";
   - Japanese language

Derived forms: Japaneses

Type of: Altaic, Altaic language, Asian, Asiatic

Part of: Japan, Nihon, Nippon

Encyclopedia: Japanese, Classical language