Meanings
adjectiveJapanophone (comparative more Japanophone, superlative most Japanophone)
comparative more Japanophone · superlative most Japanophone · alternative japanophone
nounJapanophone (plural Japanophones)
plural Japanophones · alternative japanophone
- A (usually native) speaker of the Japanese language.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Japanophone.
Origin
Translations
Bengali জাপানিভাষী, জাপানিভাষী
- জাপানিভাষী (japanibhaśi)Japanese-speaking
- জাপানিভাষী (japanibhaśi)Japanese speaker
Chinese Mandarin 講日語的人 /讲日语的人
- 講日語的人 /讲日语的人 (jiǎng Rìyǔ-de rén)Japanese speaker
Esperanto japanparola, japanlingvano
- japanparolaJapanese-speaking
- japanlingvanoJapanese speaker
- japanparolantoJapanese speaker
French japanophone, japanophone
- japanophoneJapanese-speaking
- japanophoneJapanese speaker
German japanischsprachig, Japanischsprecher
- japanischsprachigJapanese-speaking
- JapanischsprecherJapanese speaker
- JapanischsprecherinJapanese speaker
- JapanischsprachigerJapanese speaker
- JapanischsprachigeJapanese speaker
Hindi जापानीभाषी, जापानीभाषिणी
- जापानीभाषी (jāpānībhāṣī)Japanese-speaking
- जापानीभाषिणी (jāpānībhāṣiṇī)Japanese-speaking
- जापानीभाषी (jāpānībhāṣī)Japanese speaker
- जापानीभाषिणी (jāpānībhāṣiṇī)Japanese speaker
Japanese 日本語話者
- 日本語話者 (Nihongo-washa)Japanese speaker
Russian японоговоря́щий, японоязы́чный
- японоговоря́щий (japonogovorjáščij)Japanese-speaking
- японоязы́чный (japonojazýčnyj)Japanese-speaking
Cite this entry
APA
Japanophone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Japanophone
MLA
“Japanophone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Japanophone. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Japanophone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Japanophone.
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