Sea of Japan

English

map showing the Sea of Japan

Proper noun

the Sea of Japan

The body of water between Japan, Sakhalin, the Asian continent, and Jeju Island.
Synonyms: East Sea (especially South Korea), East Sea of Korea

Coordinate terms: Korea Strait, La Pérouse Strait

Translations

the sea between Japan and the rest of Asia

Afrikaans: See van Japan
Albanian: Deti i Japonisë m
Amharic: የጃፓን ባሕር (yäǧapan baḥr)
Arabic: بَحْر اَلْيَابَان m (baḥr al-yābān), بحر الشرق m (baḥr al-šarq, literally “East Sea”)
Armenian: Ճապոնական ծով (Čaponakan cov)
Assamese: জাপান সাগৰ (zapan xagor)
Asturian: Mar de Xapón m
Azerbaijani: Yapon dənizi (az)
Bashkir: Япон диңгеҙе (Yapon diñgeźe)
Basque: Japoniako itsasoa
Belarusian: Япо́нскае мо́ра n (Japónskaje móra)
Bengali: জাপান সাগর (japan śagor)
Breton: Mor Japan m
Bulgarian: Япо́нско мо́ре n (Japónsko móre)
Burmese: ဂျပန်ပင်လယ် (gya.panpanglai)
Catalan: mar del Japó m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 日本海 (jat⁶ bun² hoi²)

Eastern Min: 日本海 (Nĭk-buōng-hāi)

Hokkien: 日本海 (Ji̍t-pún-hái)

Mandarin: 日本海 (zh) (Rìběn hǎi)

Wu: 日本海
Chuvash: Япон тинӗсӗ (Jap̬on t̬inĕs̬ĕ)
Corsican: Mari di u Giappone m, Mar di u Giappone m, Mari di u Ghjappone m, Mar di u Ghjappone m
Czech: Japonské moře (cs) n
Danish: Japanske Hav n
Dutch: Japanse Zee f
Eastern Mari: Япо́н теҥыз (JApón teŋyz)
Esperanto: Japana Maro
Estonian: Jaapani meri
Finnish: Japaninmeri
French: mer du Japon (fr) f
Galician: mar do Xapón m
Georgian: იაპონიის ზღვა (iaṗoniis zɣva)
German: Japanisches Meer (de) n
Greek: Ιαπωνική Θάλασσα f (Iaponikí Thálassa), Θάλασσα της Ιαπωνίας f (Thálassa tis Iaponías)
Guaraní: Para Hapõ
Hebrew: יַם יַפָּן m (yam yapán)
Hindi: जापान सागर m (jāpān sāgar)
Hungarian: Japán-tenger (hu)
Icelandic: Japanshaf n
Ilocano: Baybay ti Hapon
Indonesian: Laut Jepang
Irish: Muir na Seapáine f
Italian: Mar del Giappone m
Japanese: 日本海 (ja) (にほんかい, Nihonkai)
Kannada: ಜಪಾನ್ ಸಮುದ್ರ (japān samudra)
Kazakh: Жапон теңізі (Japon teñızı)
Khmer: សមុទ្រជប៉ុន (sɑɑmutrɔɔcpon)
Korean: (seldom used by Koreans) 일본해(日本海) (ko) (Ilbonhae, literally “Sea of Japan”), (South Korean) 동해(東海) (ko) (Donghae, literally “East Sea”), (North Korean) 조선동해(朝鮮東海) (ko) (Joseondonghae, literally “Eastern Sea of Korea”)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Deryaya Japanî, Deryaya Japanê, Derya Japon
Kyrgyz: Жапон деңизи (Japon deŋizi)
Lao: ທະເລຍີ່ປຸ່ນ (lo) (tha lē nyī pun)
Latin: Mare Iaponicum n
Latvian: Japāņu jūra f
Limburgish: Japanszieë f
Lithuanian: Japonijos jūra f
Livvi: Japounienmeri
Macedonian: Јапонско Море n (Japonsko More)
Malay: Laut Jepun
Malayalam: ജപ്പാൻ കടൽ (jappāṉ kaṭal)
Maltese: Baħar tal-Ġappun m
Manchu: ᡩᡝᡵᡤᡳ
ᠮᡝᡩᡝᡵᡳ (dergi mederi)
Marathi: जपानचा समुद्र m (japāncā samudra)
Mingrelian: იაპონიაშ ზუღა (iaṗoniaš zuɣa)
Mongolian: Япон тэнгис (Japon tengis)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Japanhavet n

Nynorsk: Japanhavet n
Occitan: mar de Japon m, mar del Japon m
Persian: دریای ژاپن (daryâ-ye žâpon)
Polish: Morze Japońskie (pl) n
Portuguese: Mar do Japão m
Punjabi: ਜਪਾਨ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ m (japān samundar)
Quechua: Nihun hatun qucha
Romanian: Marea Japoniei f
Russian: Япо́нское мо́ре (ru) n (Japónskoje móre)
Samogitian: Japuonėjės jūra f
Scots: Sea o Japan
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Јапанско мо̑ре n

Roman: Japansko mȏre n
Slovak: Japonské more n
Slovene: Japonsko morje n
Somali: Badda Jabaan
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Japańske mórjo n

Upper Sorbian: Japanske morjo n
Spanish: mar del Japón m
Sundanese: ᮜᮅᮒ᮪ ᮏᮨᮕᮀ (laut jepang)
Swahili: Bahari ya Japani
Swedish: Japanska havet n
Tagalog: Dagat ng Hapon, Dagat Hapon
Tajik: Баҳри Ҷопон (Bahri Jopon)
Tamil: யப்பான் கடல் (yappāṉ kaṭal)
Tatar: Япо́н диңгезе́ (Yapón diñgezé)
Telugu: జపాన్ సముద్రం (japān samudraṁ)
Thai: ทะเลญี่ปุ่น (tá-lay yêe-bpùn)
Turkish: Japon Denizi
Turkmen: Ýapon deňzi
Ukrainian: Япо́нське мо́ре (uk) n (Japónsʹke móre)
Urdu: بحیرہ جاپان m
Uzbek: Yapon dengizi
Veps: Japonijan meri
Vietnamese: biển Nhật Bản
Waray-Waray: Dagat Hapon
Welsh: Môr Japan m
West Frisian: Japanske See c
Western Panjabi: جپانی سمندر

Sea of Japan

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