Meaning

2 senses
  1. (US, derogatory, ethnic, slur)A Japanese person.

    Japse

    япо́шкаjapóška, япjap, джапdžap

    (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent

  2. (derogatory, historical)An Imperial Japanese Army soldier.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Kill the japs!

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  2. Kill the JAPs!

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
offensive term for a Japanese person:
Deutsch
offensive term for a Japanese person:

Forms

plural: Japs
SingularJap
PluralJaps

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent:Nip

Word family

1 related words
Derivedjaptard

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
Jap — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto