япошка

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [(j)ɪˈpoʂkə]

Noun

япо́шка (japóška) m anim, f anim, f inan (genitive япо́шки, nominative plural япо́шки, genitive plural япо́шек)

  1. (pejorative, animate) a Japanese person, a Jap, a Nip
    • 2017, Людмила Милевская (Lyudmila Milevskaya), Моя свекровь – мымра! (My mother-in-law is a bitch!):
      Да э́то же не япо́шка! – негоду́я, воскли́кнула я. – Э́то же мой перево́дчик!
      Da éto že ne japóška! – negodúja, vosklíknula ja. – Éto že moj perevódčik!
      It's not a Jap, I cried indignantly. It's my interpreter, you see!
  2. (colloquial, pejorative, inanimate) anything from Japan, especially Japanese cars, or Japanese fast food restaurants

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