Japanophile

English

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Japanophile

Etymology

From Japan +‎ -o- +‎ -phile.

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: jə-păn'ə-fīl', jə-păn'ō-fīl', IPA^(key): /dʒəˌpænə(ʊ)ˈfaɪl/
Rhymes: -aɪl

Noun

Japanophile (plural Japanophiles)

A person who loves the country, culture, or people of Japan.
Synonym: Nipponophile

Antonyms: Japanophobe, Nipponophobe
- 1990 December 9, Brian Scott Carr, “Erotic Art From Japan”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 21, page 8:
  I am convinced that this book is not solely of interest to Japanophiles. The quality of Sado Hasegawa's work shines through and the book should prove to be a valued asset to any home library and is beautiful for display.

Related terms

Translations

A person who loves Japan

Bulgarian: японофи́л m (japonofíl), японофи́лка f (japonofílka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 哈日族 (zh) (hārìzú), 親日派／亲日派 (zh) (qīnrìpài), 哈日 (zh) (hārì), 精日 (zh) (jīngrì) (derogatory)
Finnish: japanofiili
French: japonophile (fr) m or f, nippophile (fr) m or f
Galician: xaponófilo m
German: Japanophil m
Italian: nippofilo (it) m
Japanese: 親日派 (しんにちは, shinnichiha), 哈日族 (hārīzū) (from Chinese), ジャパノファイル (japanofairu) (from English)
Korean: 지일파(知日派) (jiilpa)
Portuguese: nipófilo (pt) m
Russian: японофи́л m (japonofíl), японофи́лка f (japonofílka)
Spanish: nipofilo m, japonofilo m
Swedish: japanofil c, nippofil c
Vietnamese: Thân Nhật Bản

See also

Thesaurus:xenophile

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