Japanese, Nipponese

a native or inhabitant of Japan

• Ryukyuan — a member of the Japanese people living on the Ryukyu islands southwest of Japan
• Jap, Nip — a person of Japanese descent
• geisha, geisha girl — a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing
• shogun — a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled Japan until the revolution of 1867-68

• Asian, Asiatic — a native or inhabitant of Asia

• Japan, Nippon, Nihon — a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building