Sea of Japan

English

map showing the Sea of Japan

Proper noun

the Sea of Japan

The body of water between Japan and the Asian continent.
Synonym: East Sea (Korean, esp. South Korean usage)

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Translations

the sea between Japan and the rest of Asia

Afrikaans: See van Japan
Albanian: Deti i Japonisë m
Arabic: بَحْر اَلْيَابَان‎ m (baḥr al-yābān)
Armenian: Ճապոնական ծով (Čaponakan cov)
Assamese: জাপান সাগৰ (zapan xagor)
Asturian: Mar de Xapón m
Azerbaijani: Yapon dənizi (az)
Bashkir: Япон диңгеҙе (Yapon diñgeðe)
Basque: Japoniako itsasoa
Belarusian: Япо́нскае мо́ра n (Japónskaje móra)
Bengali: জাপান সাগর (japan sagôr)
Breton: Mor Japan m
Bulgarian: Япо́нско мо́ре n (Japónsko móre)
Catalan: mar del Japó m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 日本海 (jat⁶ bun² hoi²)

Mandarin: 日本海 (zh) (Rìběn hǎi)

Min Dong: 日本海 (Nĭk-buōng-hāi)

Min Nan: 日本海 (Ji̍t-pún-hái)

Wu: 日本海 (zeq pen he)
Chuvash: Япон тинӗсӗ (Japon tinĕsĕ)
Czech: Japonské moře (cs) n
Danish: Japanske Hav n
Dutch: Japanse Zee f
Eastern Mari: Япо́н теҥыз (Japón teŋəz)
Esperanto: Japana maro
Estonian: Jaapani meri
Finnish: Japaninmeri
French: mer du Japon (fr) f
Galician: mar do Xapón m
Georgian: იაპონიის ზღვა (iaṗoniis zɣva)
German: Japanisches Meer (de) n
Greek: Ιαπωνική Θάλασσα f (Iaponikí Thálassa), Θάλασσα της Ιαπωνίας f (Thálassa tis Iaponías)
Guaraní: Para Hapõ
Hebrew: יַם יַפָּן‎ m (yam yapán)
Hindi: जापान सागर m (jāpān sāgar)
Hungarian: Japán-tenger (hu)
Icelandic: Japanshaf n
Ilocano: Baybay ti Hapon
Indonesian: Laut Jepang
Irish: Muir na Seapáine f
Italian: Mar del Giappone m
Japanese: 日本海 (ja) (にほんかい, Nihonkai)
Kazakh: Жапон теңізі (Japon teñizi)
Khmer: សមុទ្រជប៉ុន (sɑɑmutrɔɔcpon)
Korean: (seldom used by Koreans) 일본해 (Ilbonhae, literally “Sea of Japan”) (日本海), (South Korean) 동해 (Donghae, literally “East Sea”) (東海 (ko)), (North Korean) 조선동해 (Joseondonghae, literally “Eastern Sea of Korea”) (朝鮮東海)
Kurdish: Deryaya Japanî, Deryaya Japanê
Kurmanji: Derya Japon
Lao: ທະເລຍີ່ປຸ່ນ (lo) (tha lē nyī pun)
Latin: Mare Iaponicum n
Latvian: Japāņu jūra f

Limburgish: Japanszieë (li) f
Lithuanian: Japonijos jūra f
Livvi: Japounienmeri
Low German:
German Low German: Japaansche See n
Macedonian: Јапонско Море n (Japonsko More)
Malay: Laut Jepun
Maltese: Baħar tal-Ġappun m
Marathi: जपानचा समुद्र m (japāncā samudra)
Mingrelian: იაპონიაშ ზუღა (iaṗoniaš zuɣa)
Mongolian: Япон тэнгис (Japon tengis)
Norwegian: Japanhavet n
Occitan: mar de Japon f
Persian: دریای ژاپن‎ (daryâ-ye žâpon)
Polish: Morze Japońskie (pl) n
Portuguese: Mar do Japão m
Punjabi: ਜਪਾਨ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ m (japān smundar)
Quechua: Nihun hatun qucha
Romanian: Marea Japoniei f
Russian: Япо́нское мо́ре (ru) n (Japónskoje móre)
Samogitian: Japuonėjės jūra f
Scots: Sea o Japan
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Јапанско мо̑ре n

Roman: Japansko mȏre n
Slovak: Japonské more n
Slovene: Japonsko morje n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Japańske mórjo n

Upper Sorbian: Japanske morjo n
Spanish: mar del Japón m
Sundanese: ᮜᮅᮒ᮪ ᮏᮨᮕᮀ (laut jepang)
Swahili: Bahari ya Japani
Swedish: Japanska havet n
Tagalog: Dagat ng Hapon, Dagat Hapon
Tajik: Баҳри Ҷопон (Bahri Jopon)
Tamil: யப்பான் கடல் (yappāṉ kaṭal)
Tatar: Япо́н диңгезе́ (Yapón diñgezé)
Telugu: జపాన్ సముద్రం (japān samudraṃ)
Thai: ทะเลญี่ปุ่น (tá-lay yêe-bpùn)
Turkish: Japon Denizi
Turkmen: Ýapon deňzi
Ukrainian: Япо́нське мо́ре n (Japónsʹke móre)
Urdu: بحیرہ جاپان‎ m
Uzbek: Yapon dengizi
Veps: Japonijan meri
Vietnamese: biển Nhật Bản
Waray-Waray: Dagat Hapon
Welsh: Môr Japan m
West Frisian: Japanske See c
Western Panjabi: جپانی سمندر‎

Sea of Japan

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