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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 (fi)
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 ( tha lē nyī pun )
Latin: Mare Iaponicum n Mare Iaponiae 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 ( 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 See 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 ( Bahr-i 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 ( jpānī smndr )
Further reading 
Sea of Japan naming dispute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 