Meanings
japanize1
present singular third person japanizes · participle present japanizing · participle past japanized · past japanized
- Alternative letter-case form of Japanize.
Japanize2
present singular third person Japanizes · participle present Japanizing · participle past Japanized · past Japanized · alternative japanize · alternative Japanise · alternative japanise · alternative Japonize · alternative japonize · alternative Japonise · alternative japonise
- transitiveTo Nipponize.
His latest, Tokyo Godfathers, may sound like a gangster film, but rather it's Kon's attempt to Japanize a Western tradition that goes back to Charles Dickens and beyond: the heartwarming holiday story.
2003 December 3, Mark Schilling, “The ideal Xmas present?”, in The Japan Times1 more example
Multiplying five times as rapidly as the whites, the Japs must someday―unless the problem is met now―absolutely control this Coast. Just as Hawaii and the Sacramento valley have been Japanized, so will the state of Washington.
1919 July 29, “Is This To Remain White Man's Land?”, in Seattle Star
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Hokkien日本 (Ji̍t-pún)
- MalayJepang
- PortugueseJapão
- MalayJepang
- DutchJapan
- EnglishJapan
- EnglishJapanize
Translations
Bulgarian японизи́рам
- японизи́рам (japonizíram)to Nipponize
Chinese Mandarin 日本化, 皇民化
- 日本化 (Rìběnhuà)to Nipponize
- 皇民化 (huángmínhuà)to Nipponize
French japoniser
- japoniserto Nipponize
German japanisieren
- japanisierento Nipponize
Italian giapponizzare
- giapponizzareto Nipponize
Polish japonizować, zjaponizować
- japonizowaćto Nipponize
- zjaponizowaćto Nipponize
Portuguese japonizar
- japonizarto Nipponize
Vietnamese Nhật hóa, Nhật Bản hóa
- Nhật hóato Nipponize
- Nhật Bản hóato Nipponize
Cite this entry
japanize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/japanize
“japanize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/japanize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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