Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Used as a disparaging term for a person of Japanese birth or ancestry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Japanese.
- noun A common abbreviation of
Japanese . - noun An abbreviation of Japan.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pejorative, ethnic slur A
Japanese person. - adjective pejorative, ethnic slur
Japanese ; of or pertaining toJapan or its people.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent
Etymologies
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Examples
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The only other similar blanket order came a few years later, when the word "Jap" on place names was changed to "Japanese."
NYT > Home Page By KIM SEVERSON 2011
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The only other similar blanket order came a few years later, when the word "Jap" on place names was changed to "Japanese."
NYT > Home Page By KIM SEVERSON 2011
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Waldemar Jap is a partner and managing director in BCG Greater China and a core member of the consumer practice.
China's Baby-Care Craze Hubert Hsu 2010
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I found myself wondering how Lee felt at Appomattox … or the main Jap admiral when they took him out to the battleship Missouri to sign the final papers.
Great Moments in Presidential Inaugurations – 1 « Gerry Canavan 2009
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Jap is my only companion, and he sneezes all over me whenever I pick him up.
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He had not heard of it before, and, when I told him of the West Coast Army Commander's statement that "a Jap is a Jap," he hit the table with his fist and said, "Right you are.
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He had not heard of it before, and, when I told him of the West Coast Army Commander's statement that "a Jap is a Jap," he hit the table with his fist and said, "Right you are.
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Didn’t the man know what Nisei meant, wasn’t the word even in the man’s vocabulary of citizenship like the word Jap?
Their Dogs Came With Them Helena María Viramontes 2007
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Thanks Kalyn - I think the Jap might be the Kent variety of Pumpkin but you could probably use any pumpkin
Jap Pumpkin Soup with Curried Onions Haalo 2008
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See the Station US log book in RG 38, Station US papers, Folder 5830/30, entitled Jap Dip.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
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