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Japanology

Japanology noun: japanese studies: The study of Japan, its language, culture and history.

Noun

Japanology (uncountable)

  1. Japanese studies: The study of Japan, its language, culture and history

Origin of Japanology

From Japan + -ology.

Words formed from Japanology

Questions about Japanology

What does Japanology mean?
Japanology means japanese studies: The study of Japan, its language, culture and history.
What part of speech is Japanology?
Japanology is a noun.

Words near Japanology in the dictionary

  1. Japanoise
  2. Japanolatry
  3. Japanological
  4. Japanologist
  5. Japanologists
  6. Japanology
  7. Japanophile
  8. Japanophiles
  9. Japanophilia
  10. Japanophilic
  11. Japanophobe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Japanology (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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