東京

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東(とー)京(ちょー) (Tōchō)

東京(とーちょー)んかい行(い)ち欲(ぶ)さん。

Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan, consisting of 23 special wards)


島

From Proto-Ryukyuan *sima, from Proto-Japonic *sima. Cognate with Japanese 島 (shima).


韓国

, 高麗 (Kōrē)


ベトナム

From English Vietnam, from Vietnamese Việt Nam.


沖縄

→ English: Uchina, Uchinā

→ Japanese: うちなー (Uchinā)

From Proto-Ryukyuan *okinawa. Cognate with Japanese 沖(おき)縄(なわ) (Okinawa, literally “offshore + rope”).

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あがまぶるたたみきよせひやくたてわやりあまみやからおきなわたけててはおもはな しねりやからみしまもりててはおもはな


大和

From Proto-Ryukyuan *yamato, from Proto-Japonic *yamatə. Cognate with mainland Japanese 大和 (Yamato).

Japan, mainland Japan in contrast to Okinawa


大和

Ufuyamatu (romanization)
うふやまとぅ (hiragana)

Alternative form of 大大和 (“Japan, Mainland Japan in contrast to Okinawan”).


さん

Generally held to be a combination of an adjective nominalizer suffix cognate to Japanese さ (-sa) and the verb 有ん (an, “to be, exist, have”).

白(しる)さん

Terminal-form ending for inflected adjectives.


越南

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 越南 (Yuènán).


朝鮮

Korea (two countries in East Asia, North Korea and South Korea)

, 高麗 (Kōrē)


広東

Kwantun (romanization)
くゎんとぅん (hiragana)


モンゴル

From Mongolian ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ (mongɣol), Монгол (Mongol).


高麗

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高(こー)麗(れー) (Kōrē)

, 朝鮮 (Chōshin)


琉球

琉球(るーちゅー) or 琉球(どぅーちゅー) (Rūchū or Dūchū)

琉球 (canonical)
Rūchū (romanization)
Dūchū (romanization)
るーちゅーどぅーちゅー (hiragana)

Ryukyu, pertaining to the Ryukyu Islands or the former Ryukyu Kingdom


沖縄ん人

沖縄 (Uchinā, “Okinawa”) + ん (-n, “reduced genitive particle”) + 人 (-chu, “person, people”)


与那国

Borrowed from Japanese 与(よ)那(な)国(ぐに) (Yonaguni). The native form would be *Yunagun.


八重山

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八重山(いぇーま) (Yēma)


大大和

Ufuyamatu (romanization)
やまとぅ (hiragana)

From 大 (ufu-, “greater”) + 大和 (Yamatu, “Japan”).

prefix

Japan, Mainland Japan (in contrast to Okinawa)


アミリカー

Compound of アミリカ (Amirika, “America”) + *あー (-ā, person suffix).

suffix

Americans, American people, a person from the United States


大和ん人

大和 (Yamatu, “Japan”) + ん (-n, “reduced genitive particle”) + 人 (-chu, “person, people”)

suf

Japanese person, non-Ryukyuan Japanese people, a mainlander


大大和ん人

ufuyamatunchu (romanization)
ちゅ (hiragana)

大大和 (Ufuyamatu, “Japan”) + ん (-n, “reduced genitive particle”) + 人 (-chu, “person, people”)