non-Japanese

adjective

non-Jap·​a·​nese ˌnän-ˌja-pə-ˈnēz 

-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

Recent Examples on the Web

This is a great package of a rare and strange PlayStation game that finally makes the story accessible to non-Japanese speakers. — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Last year, Sheikha Hoor served as the first ever non-Japanese curator at the Aichi Trienniale. — News Desk, Artforum, 9 July 2026

Getting the Gestures Wrong Nonverbal communication can get non-Japanese speakers a long way, but be aware that not all gestures translate. — Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026

Japan maintains a complex certification process for government software that is conducted almost exclusively in Japanese, which disadvantages non-Japanese providers. — Leonard Lim, Fortune, 10 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for non-Japanese

• actuaries
• analyses
• anopheles
• antitheses
• apostrophes
• appendices
• catalyses
• distributees
• examinees
• hypotheses
• interviewees
• isosceles