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Nipponize.

To make or become Japanese, as to customs, culture, or style.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To make or become Japanese, as to customs, culture, or style.

    ambitransitive
  2. To convert to katakana or to enable to work with the Japanese script.

    transitive
  3. To translate into Japanese.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English Nippon Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English Nipponize From Nippon + -ize.

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