Japanize
English
Etymology
Japan + -ize
Verb
Japanize (third-person singular simple present Japanizes, present participle Japanizing, simple past and past participle Japanized)
- (transitive) To nipponize.
- 2003, Mark Schilling. "The ideal Xmas present?" The Japan Times. 2003 Dec. 3.
- His latest, Tokyo Godfathers, may sound like a gangster film, but rather it's Kon's attempt to Japanize a Western tradition that goes back to Charles Dickens and beyond: the heartwarming holiday story.
- 2003, Mark Schilling. "The ideal Xmas present?" The Japan Times. 2003 Dec. 3.
Alternative forms
- japanize
Translations
to Nipponize
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Related terms
- Japanese