nipponize

N1I1P3P3O1N1I1Z10E1
/ˈnɪpɒnaɪz/

verb

To make or become Japanese, as to customs, culture, or style.

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JapanizeJapanicize
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Meanings

nipponize1

verbnipponize (third-person singular simple present nipponizes, present participle nipponizing, simple past and past participle nipponized)

present singular third person nipponizes · participle present nipponizing · participle past nipponized · past nipponized

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Nipponize.

Nipponize2

verbNipponize (third-person singular simple present Nipponizes, present participle Nipponizing, simple past and past participle Nipponized)

present singular third person Nipponizes · participle present Nipponizing · participle past Nipponized · past Nipponized · alternative Nipponise · alternative nipponize

  1. ambitransitiveTo make or become Japanese, as to customs, culture, or style.

    Christianity should be Japan’s greatest ally in Nipponizing its new territory.

    1913 January, “A Great Crime Against Justice”, in Doremus Scudder, editor, The Friend, volume LXXI, number 1, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii: Hawaiian Board Book Rooms, page 4, column 2
    2 more examples

    The movie “Nipponizes” King Lear within the protocols of the formalistic patterns of traditional “Noh” drama.

    2012, “Introduction to the Focus Edition”, in William Shakespeare, edited by Kenneth S[prague] Rothwell, The Tragedy of King Lear (New Kittredge Shakespeare), Newburyport, Mass.: Focus Publishing/R[on] Pullins Company, →ISBN, page xxii

    He invited me for a meal. The table was set with plates and chopsticks, little dishes of soy sauce and wasabi paste; bigger platters of sushi, sashimi, tempura, and dumplings; bowls of miso soup. “I have been thoroughly Nipponized,” Floyd said.

    2017, Paul Theroux, “Best Man”, in Mother Land, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Eamon Dolan Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 361

    Synonyms: Japanize, Japanicize

  2. transitiveTo convert to katakana or to enable to work with the Japanese script.
  3. transitiveTo translate into Japanese.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make or become Japanese, as to customs, culture, or style.

Similar
JapanizeJapanicize

Origin

From Nippon + -ize.

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Translations

Arabic تَرْجَمَ إِلَى اَلْيَابَانِيَّة
  • تَرْجَمَ إِلَى اَلْيَابَانِيَّة (tarjama ʔilā l-yābāniyya)to translate into Japanese
Chinese Mandarin 日本化, 皇民化
  • 日本化 (Rìběnhuà)to make or become Japanese
  • 皇民化 (huángmínhuà)to make or become Japanese
  • 日本化 (Rìběnhuà)to convert to katakana or to enable to work with the Japanese script
  • 翻譯成日語 /翻译成日语 (fānyì chéng Rìyǔ)to translate into Japanese
Finnish japanisoida, japanisoitua
  • japanisoidato make or become Japanese
  • japanisoituato make or become Japanese
  • japanintaato translate into Japanese
French nipponiser, japoniser
  • nipponiserto make or become Japanese
  • japoniserto make or become Japanese
  • nipponiserto convert to katakana or to enable to work with the Japanese script
  • japoniserto convert to katakana or to enable to work with the Japanese script
  • traduire en japonaisto translate into Japanese
Japanese 日本化する, 日本化する
  • 日本化する (Nihonka-suru)to make or become Japanese
  • 日本化する (Nihonka-suru)to convert to katakana or to enable to work with the Japanese script
  • 仮名書きする (kanagaki-suru)to convert to katakana or to enable to work with the Japanese script
  • 日本語に翻訳する (Nihongo-ni hon'yaku-suru)to translate into Japanese
  • 和訳する (Wayaku-suru)to translate into Japanese
Lithuanian japoninti
  • japonintito make or become Japanese
Polish japonizować, zjaponizować
  • japonizowaćto make or become Japanese
  • zjaponizowaćto make or become Japanese
  • japonizowaćto convert to katakana or to enable to work with the Japanese script
  • zjaponizowaćto convert to katakana or to enable to work with the Japanese script
  • japonizowaćto translate into Japanese
  • zjaponizowaćto translate into Japanese
Portuguese niponizar
  • niponizarto make or become Japanese
Russian японизи́ровать, японизи́ровать
  • японизи́ровать (japonizírovatʹ)to make or become Japanese
  • японизи́ровать (japonizírovatʹ)to convert to katakana or to enable to work with the Japanese script
  • переводи́ть на япо́нский (perevodítʹ na japónskij)to translate into Japanese
  • перевести́ на япо́нский (perevestí na japónskij)to translate into Japanese
Spanish niponizar, niponizar
  • niponizarto make or become Japanese
  • niponizarto convert to katakana or to enable to work with the Japanese script
  • traducir a japonésto translate into Japanese
Turkish japonlaştırmak
  • japonlaştırmakto make or become Japanese
Vietnamese Nhật hóa, Nhật Bản hóa
  • Nhật hóato make or become Japanese
  • Nhật Bản hóato make or become Japanese
  • Nhật hóato convert to katakana or to enable to work with the Japanese script
  • Nhật Bản hóato convert to katakana or to enable to work with the Japanese script
Cite this entry
APA

nipponize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nipponize

MLA

“nipponize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nipponize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nipponize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nipponize.

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