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1 February
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What is the difference between the Japanese and Japanese people ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between the Japanese and Japanese people ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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1 February
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@krerv there's not really much difference
japanese could refer to one person ( singular) or can be collective (more than one, plural)
like "I'm Japanese" one person
"they're japanese"
"The Japanese are very nice" collective, referring to the entire country
Then japanese people is just collective
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- English (US)
Japanese + something means it's things from/in Japan.
Japanese foods
Japanese language
Japanese people
- English (US)
@krerv there's not really much difference
japanese could refer to one person ( singular) or can be collective (more than one, plural)
like "I'm Japanese" one person
"they're japanese"
"The Japanese are very nice" collective, referring to the entire country
Then japanese people is just collective
- English (US)

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