Sino-Japanese is often used to mean: Sino-Japanese vocabulary: That portion of the Japanese vocabulary that's of Chinese origin or makes use of morphemes of Chinese origin (similar to the use of Latin/Greek in English). Kanbun: A Japanese method of reading annotated Classical Chinese in translation; writing with literary Chinese for Japanese readers. The on'yomi or 'Chinese reading' of Chinese characters in Japanese. "Sino-Japanese" is also used to refer to that which occurs between China an… (More on Sino-japanese)