Japanese/ˌʤæpə'niːz/

a. relating to Japan, its people or its language

n.

➊ a person from Japan

➋ the language of the Japanese

a. 日本的；日本人的；日语的：the Japanese government 日本政府

◇the Japanese language 日本语

n.

➊ 〖复同单〗 日本人：He married a Japanese. 他娶了个日本人。

◇The Japanese greet each other by bowing. 日本人以鞠躬表示问候。

➋ [U] 日语：She is learning to speak Japanese. 她正在学说日语。

构词Japan + -ese

音组-ese/-iːz/

Chinese; Japanese; these

常犯错误

✗ Japanese make good cars.

✓ The Japanese make good cars. 日本人小汽车造得好。

[✌用the Japanese泛指“日本人”，the不能省略，参见the Chinese]