Meanings
nounJapanophilia (uncountable)
- uncountableA strong interest in the country, culture, or people of Japan.
Synonyms: Nipponophilia, weeabooism · Antonyms: Japanophobia, Nipponophobia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA strong interest in the country, culture, or people of Japan.
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Origin
From Japano- (“Japan”) + -philia.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic يَابَانُوفِيلِيَا, حب اليابان
- يَابَانُوفِيلِيَا (yābānūfīliyā)strong interest in Japan
- حب اليابان (ḥubb al-Yābān)strong interest in Japan
Bulgarian японофи́лия
- японофи́лия (japonofílija)strong interest in Japan
Chinese Mandarin 親日性 /亲日性
- 親日性 /亲日性 (qīnrìxìng)strong interest in Japan
Finnish japanofilia
- japanofiliastrong interest in Japan
French nippophilie, japonophilie
- nippophiliestrong interest in Japan
- japonophiliestrong interest in Japan
German Japanophilie
- Japanophiliestrong interest in Japan
Greek ιαπωνοφιλία
- ιαπωνοφιλία (iaponofilía)strong interest in Japan
Hindi जापानोफ़ीलिया, जापान-प्रेम
- जापानोफ़ीलिया (jāpānofīliyā)strong interest in Japan
- जापान-प्रेम (jāpān-prem)strong interest in Japan
Indonesian Japanofilia
- Japanofiliastrong interest in Japan
Italian nippofilia
- nippofiliastrong interest in Japan
Japanese 親日性
- 親日性 (shinnichisei)strong interest in Japan
Korean 친일성
- 친일성 (chinilseong)strong interest in Japan
Portuguese nipofilia
- nipofiliastrong interest in Japan
Russian японофи́лия
- японофи́лия (japonofílija)strong interest in Japan
Spanish japonofilia, nipofilia
- japonofiliastrong interest in Japan
- nipofiliastrong interest in Japan
- niponofiliastrong interest in Japan
Swedish japanofili, nippofili
- japanofilistrong interest in Japan
- nippofilistrong interest in Japan
Vietnamese thân Nhật Bản, chuộng Nhật Bản
- thân Nhật Bảnstrong interest in Japan
- chuộng Nhật Bảnstrong interest in Japan
- sính Nhật Bảnstrong interest in Japan
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Japanophilia
pedophiliahaemophilianecrophiliaphiliacoprophiliajuveniliaklismaphiliaandrophiliaaptophiliaaquaphiliaasphyxiophiliaautoandrogynemorphophiliaautoandrophiliaautogynandromorphophiliaautogynephiliaautonepiophiliabibliophiliabiophiliaclaustrophiliadiscophiliaephebophiliaeproctophiliageophiliagerontophilia
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
Japanophilia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Japanophilia
MLA
“Japanophilia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Japanophilia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Japanophilia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Japanophilia.
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