日本 reads both /ni hon/ and less formally / ni-ppon/, which means 'Japan' in Japanese. 日本国 /ni hon ko ku/ literally means 'the country of Japan', which is also another way of saying the same thing.
An older way of saying Japan is "扶桑" which means "Fusō"and is today an archaic name for Japan, it comes from the Japanese pronunciation of the Ancient Chinese name for Japan "Fusang"
Japan in Japanese is Nihon. Japanese in Japanese is Nihongo.
The word "Nihon" translated to English means Japan. When the Japanese people refer to their land, they say Nihon or Nippon (日本)Similarly, they don't call themselves Japanese, they say they are Nihonjin 日本人meaning 'Japan person'= Japanese---"Nihon" is Japanese for the word "Japan". In Japanese, one doesn't say "Japan", they say "Nihon".Nihon ni itta. (I went to Japan.)It's not, "Japan ni itta"
Nihon no nikuya = Deli of Japan
"nihon" : Japan (country)"nihon go" : Japanese Language
Nihon daisuki!
In Japanese, God is 'kami-sama'.
You may say 'kowai,' written in Japanese as: 怖い
Nihonkai 日本海 Nihon = japan Kai = sea,.....
'Nihon no tame ni inorimashou.'
You may say "[watashi ha] nihon de umaremashita."
Nihon no ho ga omoshiroi .
tashi WA nihon no mono desu
The pokecenter in Japanese is ポケモンセンター (pronounced Pokemon sentaa).