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"
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
'Nihon no tame ni inorimashou.'
Nihonkai 日本海 Nihon = japan Kai = sea,.....
You may say "[watashi ha] nihon de umaremashita."
The pokecenter in Japanese is ポケモンセンター (pronounced Pokemon sentaa).
tashi WA nihon no mono desu
Nihon no ho ga omoshiroi .