Sea of Japan

Sea of Japan

English

map showing the Sea of Japan

Proper noun

the Sea of Japan

1. The body of water between Japan and the Asian continent.

   Synonym: (especially South Korea) East Sea, East Sea of Korea

   Coordinate terms: Korea Strait, La Pérouse Strait

Translations

the sea between Japan and the rest of Asia

Afrikaans: See van Japan Albanian: Deti i Japonisë m Amharic: የጃፓን ባሕር (yäǧapan baḥr) Arabic: بَحْر اَلْيَابَان‎ m (baḥr al-yābān) Armenian: Ճապոնական ծով (Čaponakan cov) Assamese: জাপান সাগৰ (zapan xagor) Asturian: Mar de Xapón m Azerbaijani: Yapon dənizi (az) Bashkir: Япон диңгеҙе (Yapon diŋgeðe) Basque: Japoniako itsasoa Belarusian: Япо́нскае мо́ра n (Japónskaje móra) Bengali: জাপান সাগর (japan sagôr) Breton: Mor Japan m Bulgarian: Япо́нско мо́ре n (Japónsko móre) Burmese: ဂျပန်ပင်လယ် (gya.panpanglai) Catalan: mar del Japó m Chinese: Cantonese: 日本海 (jat6 bun2 hoi2) Mandarin: 日本海 (zh) (Rìběn hǎi) Min Dong: 日本海 (Nĭk-buōng-hāi) Min Nan: 日本海 (Ji̍t-pún-hái) Wu: 日本海 (zeq pen he) Chuvash: Япон тинӗсӗ (Jap̬on t̬inĕs̬ĕ) Czech: Japonské moře (cs) n Danish: Japanske Hav n Dutch: Japanse Zee f Eastern Mari: Япо́н теҥыз (Âpón teṅyz) Esperanto: Japana Maro Estonian: Jaapani meri Finnish: Japaninmeri French: mer du Japon (fr) f Galician: mar do Xapón m Georgian: იაპონიის ზღვა (iaṗoniis zɣva) German: Japanisches Meer (de) n Greek: Ιαπωνική Θάλασσα f (Iaponikí Thálassa), Θάλασσα της Ιαπωνίας f (Thálassa tis Iaponías) Guaraní: Para Hapõ Hebrew: יַם יַפָּן‎ m (yam yapán) Hindi: जापान सागर m (jāpān sāgar) Hungarian: Japán-tenger (hu) Icelandic: Japanshaf n Ilocano: Baybay ti Hapon Indonesian: Laut Jepang Irish: Muir na Seapáine f Italian: Mar del Giappone m Japanese: 日本海 (ja) (にほんかい, Nihonkai) Kannada: ಜಪಾನ್ ಸಮುದ್ರ (japān samudra) Kazakh: Жапон теңізі (Japon teñızı) Khmer: សមុទ្រជប៉ុន (sɑɑmutrɔɔcpon) Korean: (seldom used by Koreans) 일본해(日本海) (ko) (Ilbonhae, literally “Sea of Japan”), (South Korean) 동해(東海) (ko) (Donghae, literally “East Sea”), (North Korean) 조선동해(朝鮮東海) (ko) (Joseondonghae, literally “Eastern Sea of Korea”) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Deryaya Japanî, Deryaya Japanê, Derya Japon Kyrgyz: Жапон деңизи (Japon deŋizi) Lao: ທະເລຍີ່ປຸ່ນ (lo) (tha lē nyī pun) Latin: Mare Iaponicum n Latvian: Japāņu jūra f Limburgish: Japanszieë f Lithuanian: Japonijos jūra f Livvi: Japounienmeri Macedonian: Јапонско Море n (Japonsko More) Malay: Laut Jepun Malayalam: ജപ്പാൻ കടൽ (jappāṉ kaṭal) Maltese: Baħar tal-Ġappun m Manchu: ᡩᡝᡵᡤᡳ ᠮᡝᡩᡝᡵᡳ (dergi mederi) Marathi: जपानचा समुद्र m (japāncā samudra) Mingrelian: იაპონიაშ ზუღა (iaṗoniaš zuɣa) Mongolian: Япон тэнгис (Japon tengis) Norwegian: Bokmål: Japanhavet n Nynorsk: Japanhavet n Occitan: mar de Japon f Persian: دریای ژاپن‎ (daryâ-ye žâpon) Polish: Morze Japońskie (pl) n Portuguese: Mar do Japão m Punjabi: ਜਪਾਨ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ m (japān samundar) Quechua: Nihun hatun qucha Romanian: Marea Japoniei f Russian: Япо́нское мо́ре (ru) n (Japónskoje móre) Samogitian: Japuonėjės jūra f Scots: Sea o Japan Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Јапанско мо̑ре n Roman: Japansko mȏre n Slovak: Japonské more n Slovene: Japonsko morje n Somali: Badda Jabaan Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: Japańske mórjo n Upper Sorbian: Japanske morjo n Spanish: mar del Japón m Sundanese: ᮜᮅᮒ᮪ ᮏᮨᮕᮀ (laut jepang) Swahili: Bahari ya Japani Swedish: Japanska havet n Tagalog: Dagat ng Hapon, Dagat Hapon Tajik: Баҳри Ҷопон (Bahri Jopon) Tamil: யப்பான் கடல் (yappāṉ kaṭal) Tatar: Япо́н диңгезе́ (Yapón diñgezé) Telugu: జపాన్ సముద్రం (japān samudraṁ) Thai: ทะเลญี่ปุ่น (tá-lay yêe-bpùn) Turkish: Japon Denizi Turkmen: Ýapon deňzi Ukrainian: Япо́нське мо́ре (uk) n (Japónsʹke móre) Urdu: بحیرہ جاپان‎ m Uzbek: Yapon dengizi Veps: Japonijan meri Vietnamese: biển Nhật Bản Waray-Waray: Dagat Hapon Welsh: Môr Japan m West Frisian: Japanske See c Western Panjabi: جپانی سمندر‎

Further reading

• Sea of Japan naming dispute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia