Etymology

Nihonjinron

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Today it means: A genre of texts that focus on issues of Japanese national and cultural identity and how Japan and the Japanese should be understood. Full definition →

Japanese 日本人論
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  1. Japanese · derived from日本人論
  2. English todayNihonjinron

Japanese 日本人論, literally "theories/discussions about the Japanese".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.