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日本

Rì běn

2-character word

What 日本 means

1. Japan

The characters in 日本

• 日rì(bound form) sun; day; day of the month
• 本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this

Example sentences

• 这是日本。
  Here is Japan.
• 比尔在日本。
  Bill was in Japan.
• 是日本菜吗？
  Is it Japanese food?
• 日本欢迎您。
  Welcome to Japan.
• 欢迎到日本。
  Welcome to Japan.
• 我是日本人。
  I am a Japanese.

Words starting with 日本

• 日本人Rì běn rénJapanese person
• 日本海Rì běn HǎiSea of Japan
• 日本学Rì běn xuéJapanology
• 日本共同社Rì běn Gòng tóng shèKyōdō, Japanese news agency
• 日本放送协会Rì běn Fàng sòng Xié huìNHK (Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai), Japanese national broadcasting company
• 日本航空Rì běn Háng kōngJapan Airlines (JAL)
• 日本黑道Rì běn Hēi dàoYakuza (Japanese mafia)
• 日本书纪Rì běn shū jìNihonshoki or Chronicles of Japan (c. 720) book of mythology and history
• 日本银行Rì běn Yín hángBank of Japan
• 日本经济新闻Rì běn Jīng jì Xīn wénNikkei Shimbun, Japanese equivalent of Financial Times
• 日本国志Rì běn Guó zhìA Record of Japan, by Huang Zunxian 黄遵宪
• 日本天皇Rì běn tiān huángEmperor of Japan
• 日本鬼子Rì běn guǐ ziJapanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing)
• 日本刀Rì běn dāoJapanese sword; katana
• 日本脑炎Rì běn nǎo yánJapanese encephalitis
• 日本豆腐Rì běn dòu fuegg tofu (a Japanese egg-based delicacy with a smooth, silken texture similar to tofu)
• 日本松雀鹰Rì běn sōng què yīng(bird species of China) Japanese sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)
• 日本叉尾海燕Rì běn chā wěi hǎi yàn(bird species of China) Matsudaira's storm petrel (Hydrobates matsudairae)
• 日本沼虾Rì běn zhǎo xiāoriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp, also…
• 日本绣眼鸟Rì běn xiù yǎn niǎo(bird species of China) warbling white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
• 日本柳莺Rì běn liǔ yīng(bird species of China) Japanese leaf warbler (Phylloscopus xanthodryas)
• 日本树莺Rì běn shù yīng(bird species of China) Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone)
• 日本鹌鹑Rì běn ān chún(bird species of China) Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
• 日本鹡鸰Rì běn jí líng(bird species of China) Japanese wagtail (Motacilla grandis)

Words containing 日本

• 小日本xiǎo Rì běn(derog.) Japanese person; Jap
• 精神日本人jīng shén Rì běn rén(neologism) "spiritually Japanese person"; person who identifies strongly with Japan
• 小日本儿xiǎo Rì běn rerhua variant of 小日本