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Definition and Synonyms for 日本語
1. | 日本語 | 日本人が話す言語(一般的にはアルタイ語族に属するとされている) |
Japanese | the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese | |
Synonyms: | 日本語 |
Meanings for each kanji in 日本語
» | 日 | day; sun; Japan; counter for days |
» | 本 | book; present; main; origin; true; real; counter for long cylindrical things |
» | 語 | word; speech; language |
Categories 日本語 is a member of
1. | アジアおよびヨーロッパ南東部で使われている関連言語のグループ | |
Altaic Language | a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe | |
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Sample Sentences for 日本語
日本でのツイッター人気の理由の一つは日本語という言語の特性にある。表意文字を使う日本語は、中国語には敵わないものの、他の多くの言語に比べて140字に多くの内容を盛り込むことができる。ちなみにこの例文の日本語版はちょうど140字で書かれているのだが、他の言語では何字になるだろうか?
One of the reasons Twitter is popular in Japan is a characteristic of Japanese itself: Japanese uses ideograms which enable it to convey more information in just 140 characters than other languages, not counting Chinese. Incidentally, the Japanese version of this sentence is written with exactly 140 characters. How many characters does it take in other languages?
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