Latvian

Adjective

japānisks (def. japāniskais, comp. japāniskāks, sup. visjapāniskākais; adv. japāniski)

1. Japanese (relating to the Japanese language; relating to Japanese people or to Japan)

   japānisks pavasara motīvs‎ ― Japanese spring motif

   dārziņš ir tipiski japānisks‎ ― the little garden is typically Japanese

Declension

Usage notes

English “Japanese” as an attributive adjective usually correponds in Latvian to japāņu, the genitive plural form of japānis. The adjective japānisks is commonly used as a predicate (“this is Japanese”), or in its adverbial form japāniski.

Related terms

• Japāna
• japānis, japāniete
• japāņu valoda