(transitive, intransitive) To make or become Japanese, as to customs, culture, or style. / (transitive) To convert to katakana or to enable to work with the Japanese script.

(rare) Japan

(nipponology, generic) Anything of Japanese origin. / (linguistics) A Japanese word or phrase used in English. / (linguistics) A Japanese way of using English words.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nipponize

simple past tense and past participle of nipponize

present participle of nipponize

Of or relating to Nippon (i.e. Japan); Japanese.

plural of Nipponism

The process of nipponizing, or making Japanese.

Nipponanthemum nipponicum, a flowering plant native to coastal Japan and cultivated as an ornamental in other regions.