Japanese Vocabulary - Longest word (2024)

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Longest word in Japanese[edit | edit source]

In Japanese, words can be made up of several ideograms. There is no space between the ideograms so new words appear after adding a new one. As a result, the length of a word theoretically has no limit.

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A funny phrase in japanese is “toragahitowokamoutosurutokinounarinow” 虎が人を噛もうとするときのうなり声。

It is 37 letters long and is comprised of a 17 syllables. It is a very odd phrase, as it is defined as “the growl a tiger makes when it is about to about to bite someone”. Now, this isn't onomatopoeia, it's a phrase referring to the onomatopoeia.

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What is the full 189819 lettered word for titin? ›

1. methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylalanyl…isoleucine. You'll notice there's an ellipsis here, and that's because this word, in total, is 189,819 letters long, and it's the chemical name for the largest known protein, titin.

Is 10,000 Japanese words enough? ›

This vocabulary corresponds with JLPT levels N3 / N2. About 10,000 words will give you a high level of competence. You will still need to look up a lot of words if you read a novel, but you will be able to get the gist of almost anything you read or hear.

What is Japan's longest word? ›

虎が人を噛もうとするときのうなり This is the longest word in the Japanese language, and it translates to “the growl a tiger makes when it's about to bite someone”. With 37 letters in total, this is a relatively descriptive word in Japanese.

How do you spell lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsano pterygon? ›

Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsano… pterygon (182 letters, 78 syllables) This candidate for the longest word in the world originated from a Greek play written by Aristophanes in 391 BC. To this day, it remains the longest word in Ancient Greek literature.

What word takes 3 hours to say? ›

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl… isoleucine is the chemical name for the protein of “titin” also known as “connectin.” The largest known protein that consists of 26, 926 amino acids is made up of 189, 819 letters and can take about three hours to pronounce.

Is aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic the longest word? ›

Aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic. This is the longest word in English which is composed of seven words. This 52-letter word was coined by Dr. Edward Strother to describe the spa waters in Bath, England.

What is the 80/20 rule in Japanese? ›

20% of kanji makes up 80% of all that is written, therefore we're going to learn that 20% first, so you can start using your reading abilities in real-life situations as quickly as possible (which is really the best way to practice, anyways).

Can you learn 10 kanji a day? ›

Keep in mind that the more advanced you get, the more complicated and less common the kanji will be, making learning even more difficult. So it's safe to say that it's manageable to learn around 5-10 kanji characters per day.

What is the hardest language to learn? ›

1. Mandarin Chinese. Interestingly, the hardest language to learn is also the most widely spoken native language in the world. Mandarin Chinese is challenging for a number of reasons.

What is the #1 longest word in the world? ›

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word entered in the most trusted English dictionaries.

Is Japanese harder than Korean? ›

Our Verdict. To learn the writing system, Korean is easier. Purely on numbers, Hangul is much easier to learn than learning to read and write in Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. For Hangul, you only need to learn 40 letter combinations, but for Japanese, there are far more.

What is the longest Russian word? ›

Most likely one of the longest Russian words is a chemical term, тетрагидропиранилциклопентилтетрагидропиридопиридиновая (tetragidropiranilciklopentiltetragidropiridopiridinovaya), which contains 55 letters.

What is a 190000 letter word? ›

The longest word in English has 189,819 letters and takes 3 hours to pronounce. This is a technical term for the chemical composition of titin. Titin is the largest known protein responsible for maintaining the passive elasticity of the muscles.

What is the 8 billion letter word? ›

For example, the wheat chromosome 3B contains almost 1 billion base pairs, so the sequence of one of its strands, if written out in full like Adenilyladenilylguanilylcystidylthymidyl . . . , would be about 8 billion letters long.

What word has 183 letters full? ›

The word, first published in 391 BC is called “Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsan… pterygon”. The Greek word counts to 171 letters, which translates to 183 letters in English. This word refers to a fictional word meaning rotted dogfish head, wood pigeon, wrasse, roasted head of dabchick, and other food items.

What is the full word of methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl? ›

Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl… The chemical name for the protein titin, which spans over 189 thousand letters, is often argued to be the longest word in the world. Its absurd length is due to the fact that proteins are named by combining the names of all of the individual amino acids used to form them.

What is the full 189819 lettered word? ›

methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylalanyl

What is the 180 000 letter word? ›

methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl… At over 180,000 letters long, the chemical name of the protein titin is often said to technically be the longest English word. If spoken out loud, this word takes over three hours to say!

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