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*'''The Japanese language is spoken in''': <code>Japan</code>
*'''The Japanese language is spoken in''': <code>Japan</code>
Japanese (日本語) is an East Asian language spoken by about 128 million people, primarily in Japan, where it is the national language. It is a member of the Japonic (or Japanese-Ryukyuan) language family, and its ultimate derivation and relation to other languages is unclear. Japonic languages have been grouped with other language families such as Ainu, Austroasiatic, Korean, and the now-discredited Altaic, but none of these proposals has gained widespread acceptance.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language
==Japanese Dictionaries==
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://jisho.org/ Jisho]: Japanese-English dictionary (words &amp; phrases), search by kanji, writing <span class="k">(+ audio)</span>
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://tangorin.com/ Tangorin]: Japanese-English dictionary (words &amp; phrases), search by kanji
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://nihongo.monash.edu/cgi-bin/wwwjdic?1C Jdic]: Japanese-English dictionary, by Jim Breen
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.romajidesu.com/ RōmajiDesu]: Japanese-English dictionary
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://eow.alc.co.jp/ Eijiro]: Japanese-English dictionary &amp; translation of phrases
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/ Goo]: Japanese-English dictionary
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://www.nihongoresources.com/dictionaries/universal.html NihongoResources]: Japanese-English dictionary
<span class="jb">•</span> [http://dictionary.j-cat.org/EtoJ/index.php Japanese learner's dictionary]: Japanese-English dictionary
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://ejje.weblio.jp/sentence/ Weblio]: Japanese-English translation of phrases
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://www.wadoku.de/ Wadoku]: Japanese-German dictionary
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://miraitranslate.com/en/trial/ Mirai]: Japanese-English online translation (&amp; other languages)
<span class="jb">•</span> [https://tatoeba.org/en/audio/index/jpn Tatoeba]: sentences in Japanese, with translation <span class="k">(audio)</span>
*Sources: https://www.lexilogos.com/english/japanese_dictionary.htm
==Free Japanese Lessons==
==Free Japanese Lessons==



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Facts about Japanese

  • Language code (ISO 639-3): jpn
  • Autonyms (how to write "Japanese" in Japanese): 日本語
  • The Japanese language is spoken in: Japan


Japanese (日本語) is an East Asian language spoken by about 128 million people, primarily in Japan, where it is the national language. It is a member of the Japonic (or Japanese-Ryukyuan) language family, and its ultimate derivation and relation to other languages is unclear. Japonic languages have been grouped with other language families such as Ainu, Austroasiatic, Korean, and the now-discredited Altaic, but none of these proposals has gained widespread acceptance. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language

Japanese Dictionaries

Jisho: Japanese-English dictionary (words & phrases), search by kanji, writing (+ audio)

Tangorin: Japanese-English dictionary (words & phrases), search by kanji

Jdic: Japanese-English dictionary, by Jim Breen

RōmajiDesu: Japanese-English dictionary

Eijiro: Japanese-English dictionary & translation of phrases

Goo: Japanese-English dictionary

NihongoResources: Japanese-English dictionary

Japanese learner's dictionary: Japanese-English dictionary

Weblio: Japanese-English translation of phrases

Wadoku: Japanese-German dictionary

Mirai: Japanese-English online translation (& other languages)

Tatoeba: sentences in Japanese, with translation (audio)

Free Japanese Lessons

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