Japanophile

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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)

1. 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

• Japanologist
• Japanophilia
• Japanophilic

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 (ja) (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