# 日本語
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Rìběnyǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄩˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jat$^6$ bun$^2$ jyu$^5$
* Eastern Min (BUC): nĭk-buōng-ngṳ̄
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Rìběnyǔ [Phonetic: rìbényǔ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Rìhběnyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: Jih$^4$-pên$^3$-yü$^3$
*** Yale: R̀-běn-yǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ryhbeenyeu
*** Palladius: Жибэньюй (Žibɛnʹjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐ̩⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jat$^6$ bun$^2$ jyu$^5$
*** Yale: yaht bún yúh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jat$^9$ bun$^2$ jy$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yed$^6$ bun$^2$ yu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐt̚² puːn³⁵ jyː¹³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: nĭk-buōng-ngṳ̄
*** Sinological IPA : /nˡiʔ⁵⁻²¹ puoŋ³³⁻³⁵ ŋy³³/

### Noun

日本語
* Japanese language

#### Usage notes

* Like Nihongo in English, 日本語／日本语 (Rìběnyǔ) is usually restricted to linguistic and language learning contexts, whilst 日文 (Rìwén) and 日語／日语 (Rìyǔ) are more commonly used in written and conversational situations respectively.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 日語, 日文, 日本語 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 日文, 日語, 日本話 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 日文, 日語 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 日文, 㗎文, 㗎話 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 㗎佬話 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 日本話 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 日本話 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 日語 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 日語 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 日語 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 日語, 日文 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 日本話 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 日本話 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 日本話 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 日文, 日本閒話 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 日 | 本 | 語 |
| にち > にっ Grade: 1 | ほん > ぽん Grade: 1 | ご Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi |||
Kanji in this term :
| 日 | 本 | 語 |
| にち > に Grade: 1 | ほん Grade: 1 | ご Grade: 2 |
| irregular | on'yomi | on'yomi |

### Etymology

From 日本 (Nihon, Nippon, “Japan”) +‎ 語 (-go, “language”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) にほんご [nìhóńgó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɲ̟ihõ̞ŋɡo̞]
* Audio:(file)
* (Tokyo) にっぽんご [nìppóńgó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɲ̟ip̚põ̞ŋɡo̞]

### Noun

日(に)本(ほん)語(ご) or 日(にっ)本(ぽん)語(ご) • (nihongo or nippongo)
* the Japanese language
** 2002 March 9, Yumi Hotta with Obata, Takeshi, “第(だい)131(ひゃくさんじゅういち)局(きょく)　試(ため)される伊(い)角(すみ) [Game 131: Isumi’s Endeavor]”, in ヒカルの碁 [Hikaru’s Go], volume 16 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 56:
    オレの日(に)本(ほん)語(ご)どう？悪(わる)くないだろ　韓(かん)国(こく)語(ご)と英(えい)語(ご)も話(はな)すんだぜ　趣(しゅ)味(み)だな語(ご)学(がく)は
       Ore no Nihongo dō? Waruku nai daro Kankokugo to Eigo mo hanasu n da ze shumi da na gogaku wa
       How’s my Japanese? Not bad, right? I also speak Korean and English. I like learning languages.

#### Synonyms

* 国語(こくご) (kokugo), 邦語(ほうご) (hōgo)

### References

* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 日 | 本 | 語 |

### Noun

日本語 • (ilboneo) (hangeul 일본어)
* hanja form of 일본어 (“Japanese language”)