Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nihongo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables: ni-hon-go
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of Japanese: the Japanese language.

Humorous; Uncountable

Etymology

From Japanese Nihongo, the romaji of 日本語(にほんご) (nihongo).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: Nihongo

Usage

Derived Forms

Nihonglish

Synonyms

Japanese

Questions

What does nihongo mean?: Synonym of Japanese: the Japanese language.
Where does nihongo come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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