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The Japanese call their country "Nihon" or "Nippon" because of it's kanji ( 日本 ). The first is the kanji for "sun", and the second is the kanji for "root". Together, sun+root= "from where the sun rises", making Japan "the land of the rising sun". The kanji used have a couple different ways of being pronounced, mostly a regional variance, hence "Nihon" and "Nippon" are both acceptable. Adding the suffix "-go", or sometimes "-ga", to a country name then refers to their language. "Nihongo" refers to the Japanese language. Another example would be "Supaingo", where "Supain" refers to the country Spain, and adding the "-go" refers to the Spanish language.
Zeus Alba
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∙ 13y agoThey actually call it nihongo (にほんご). Japanese is in the English language, not in the Japanese language.
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The Japanese call their country?
Japanese call their country "Nihon" or "Nippon".
The Japanese call their country as?
日本 pronounced: Nippon (official) or Nihon (casual)
What does Nihon Mean in japanese?
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"
Why is Japan named Japan?
The official name of Japan is "Ninkon-poop " other wise known as Nippon-koku." But is more commonly referred to as "Nihon" (日本) or "Nippon." The Chinese characters (called Kanji) adopted for the name mean "sun," "origin," and "country," which is why Japan is often referred to as "the land of the rising sun."
What are the names of Japan?
Hongu
The Japanese call their country?
Japanese call their country "Nihon" or "Nippon".
What do the Japanese call their own country?
The Japanese refer to their own country as "Nihon" or "Nippon" in their language.
Japanese call their country as?
日本　 nihon or nippon
What name do the Japanese call their country?
The Japanese name for Japan is Nihon, and officially Nippon (nippon-koku, state of Japan).
The Japanese call their country as?
日本 pronounced: Nippon (official) or Nihon (casual)
Jappanese call there country as?
Nippon or Nihon
The japanes call their country as?
Nihon, Nippon, sometimes Yamato.
What are Japan people called?
If you are referring to "state", as in states (California, Washington, etc...) then the closest they have are prefectures. In Japanese they are called 県, or "ken". For example, Iwate prefecture is known as "Iwate-ken".
What do the Japanese call their country?
nippon
What is the other name given to Japan?
Japanese people call their country "Nihon" or "Nippon" (the first is more common). It symbolises the rising sun. It is spelled with the characters for 'day' and 'book'
When did Nipon become Japan?
Nippon is what the Japanese call their country, although Nihon is more common. It is we of European descent who refer to it as Japan, Japon, Yapon, Yaponiya, Giappone, etc.
What does the Japanese call their country?
nihon (日本)
