Meanings
- uncountableA fear or hate of Japan and Japanese people or culture.
This would require discarding the extreme Japanophobia that characterises the so-called “revisionists” who are really “regressionists” twice over.
1999, Jagdish Bhagwati et.al., Trading Blocs: Alternative Approaches to Analyzing Preferential Trade Agreements1 more example
Perhaps this is one of the reasons of their Japanophobia. But if Japan became the ally of France, all this fear and suspicion of Japan would disappear, ...
1906, Edward Albert Bell, These meddlesome attorneysSynonyms: Nipponophobia · Antonyms: Japanophilia, Nipponophilia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fear or hate of Japan and Japanese people or culture.
Origin
- EnglishJapano-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰógʷos
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰógʷos
- Ancient Greekφόβος (phóbos)
- EnglishJapanophobia
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 反日, 反日情感
- 反日 (fǎn-Rì)the fear of Japan or Japanese
- 反日情感 (fǎn-Rì qínggǎn)the fear of Japan or Japanese
- 反日主義 /反日主义 (fǎn-Rì zhǔyì)the fear of Japan or Japanese
- 仇日 (chóurì)the fear of Japan or Japanese
Finnish japanofobia
- japanofobiathe fear of Japan or Japanese
French japonophobie, nippophobie
- japonophobiethe fear of Japan or Japanese
- nippophobiethe fear of Japan or Japanese
German Japanophobie
- Japanophobiethe fear of Japan or Japanese
Japanese 反日感情, 反日
- 反日感情 (han-Nichi kanjō)the fear of Japan or Japanese
- 反日 (han-Nichi)the fear of Japan or Japanese
Russian японофо́бия
- японофо́бия (japonofóbija)the fear of Japan or Japanese
Cite this entry
Japanophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Japanophobia
“Japanophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Japanophobia. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Japanophobia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Japanophobia.
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