non-Japanese

adjective

non-Jap·​a·​nese ˌnän-ˌja-pə-ˈnēz How to pronounce non-Japanese (audio)
-ˈnēs
: not of, relating to, or characteristic of Japan or its people : not Japanese
non-Japanese automakers
Americans of non-Japanese descent

Examples of non-Japanese in a Sentence

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The luxury boutique is run by Yuji—who serves as international sales manager, handling all non-Japanese clients—and his husband, Tim. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024 The world is changing though: non-Japanese restaurants now have sake on their menus, such as Michelin-starred Per Se, Blue Hill At Stone Barns and Eleven Madison Park in New York. Akiko Katayama, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 With the first episode, there are many non-Japanese animators, especially for the action scenes. Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024 The fact that the vintage models were only ever sold in Japan meant that historically little information was available to non-Japanese vintage dealers, and watches rarely found their way out of Japan. David Flett, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2024 Some of the film’s winking references are more esoteric than others, and a lot of wordplay and in-jokes are potentially lost on a non-Japanese audience: some of them are, according to the subtitles on my copy, basically untranslatable. Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2024 The five-member girl group set a record as a non-Japanese act for shortest period of time since debuting to perform at Tokyo Dome. Billboard Japan, Billboard, 28 June 2024 Google shipped the first non-Japanese phones with the feature, fought carriers trying to stop phone payments from happening, and begged stores to get new, compatible terminals. Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 10 June 2024 The number of non-Japanese residents jumped 10.9% from 2022 to 2023, reaching a record 3.4 million, as the country struggles to address a chronic labor shortage driven by its aging population. Takehiko Kambayashi, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of non-Japanese was in 1859

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“Non-Japanese.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/non-Japanese. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.

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