How to Use Japanese in a Sentence

Japanese

noun

• He is learning to speak Japanese.
• The tour, mostly in Japanese, is open to the public and is free of charge.
  — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 9 May 2023
• The study of tsunamis (the word in Japanese means harbor and wave) began here as well.
  — Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
• On the floor to the left of the driver's seat are two lever releases for the hatchback and the gas door—pure Japanese.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 16 Apr. 2023
• Even though there were a lot of people who didn’t speak Japanese?
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 16 Aug. 2023
• Many of the Chinese-speaking fans sang along with the chorus in Japanese.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 17 July 2024
• The drink menu is lined with sake, wine, and Japanese takes on classic cocktails.
  — Essence, 13 Aug. 2024
• So was the aspect of having the characters speak in Japanese always a part of it?
  — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 18 July 2024
• If the test goes well, two more bombs will be deployed in mere weeks to kill hundreds of thousands of Japanese — and, the scientists hope, end the war.
  — Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024
• And around Japan, night schools fill a gap for both foreigners and Japanese who missed out on middle school.
  — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2023
• The guide responded to Harris in Japanese, to which Harris thanked him in the same language.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
• There are several ways to play this game with 144 tiles; Japanese, Filipino and Cantonese styles each have their own rules.
  — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
• Shohei Ohtani will make an appearance at a local high school to teach hitting and Japanese.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
• His answers to questions in English and Japanese were brief.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
• Zauner is the lead vocalist for the band Japanese Breakfast.
  — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 14 June 2023
• Ashland Creek runs through the greenspace, which features trails, pickleball courts, a playground and a new and free Japanese Garden.
  — oregonlive, 9 June 2023
• The new site will be a part of The Huntington's 130-acre botanical garden’s Japanese Garden, which has been part of the site for more than a century.
  — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2023
• The mom-to-be also shared screenshots of a message, typed in both English and Japanese, reflecting on her career.
  — Jolene Latimer, Peoplemag, 2 June 2023
• Last week, an unemployed man attacked the two Japanese at a bus stop outside a Japanese school in Suzhou.
  — Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 2 July 2024
• And later, Japanese ama, or sea women, numbered in the tens of thousands, diving up to 150 feet and staying there for minutes at a time to collect pearls and seafood.
  — Women's Health, 31 July 2023
• A little Japanese, a little Italian, and, of course, Vaudeville.
  — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2024
• Over the last few decades, most homeowners have replaced old, overgrown Japanese Yew with boxwoods.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 16 Mar. 2024
• The song is basically in Japanese, so what’s being sung won’t come across (to speakers of other languages).
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 25 July 2023
• The band spoke to the audience in Japanese and English, sharing their joy at playing in Japan for the first time in such a long while, a sentiment which was palpable to the audience.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2023
• To his left, interpreter Will Ireton started to translate the question to Japanese.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
• Through most of last year, Nuber’s Japanese Auto was overwhelmed with customers.
  — Tom Krisher, Fortune, 15 May 2023
• The world was so well imagined already, this retro futuristic thing where a lot of the music was ‘50s and ‘60s American-style music, sung in Japanese.
  — Eliza Berman, TIME, 10 July 2024
• Further, the owner intends to install a couple more venues within the building, one Italian, the other Japanese, yet this year.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
• The English-language service could be released globally in just a few days, with other languages like Japanese and Chinese coming over the next year.
  — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 23 Oct. 2024
• Makoto Makoto is offering a Japanese take on stone crabs this season.
  — Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024