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Inglês (EUA)
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Pergunta sobre Inglês (EUA)
I have a question about the difference between "Japan's" and Japanese". For instance,
1. Japan's economy v.s Japanese economy
2. Japan's law v.s. Japanese law
I have a question about the difference between "Japan's" and Japanese". For instance,
1. Japan's economy v.s Japanese economy
2. Japan's law v.s. Japanese law
1. Japan's economy v.s Japanese economy
2. Japan's law v.s. Japanese law
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- Inglês (EUA)
@Satoshi0904
The meaning is the same, obviously, but there are a lot of different conventions about how to say these sorts of things. I was just trying to think of some examples and there really is no strict rule.
Japan's economy
The Japanese economy – you could use both of these, no problem
Japanese law – only this one is acceptable
Japanese people
The people of Japan – both of these are fine, but "Japan's people" sounds very bad
Japanese fisheries
Japan's fisheries
The fisheries of Japan – all of these are acceptable
And we could just keep on going on, finding that some are more flexible than others.
It really is a situation where you just have to learn what the standard is for whatever area you are concerned about.
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- Inglês (EUA)
“Japan’s” means it is something specifically of the COUNTRY of Japan.
“Japanese” is a more general term, that means anything connected to the larger culture of Japan.
So if I am in the United States I might go out to the eat at a Japanese restaurant and eat Japanese food. The restaurant is not owned by the country of Japan but it IS connected to the culture of Japan so I use the broader term “Japanese.”
However, I will “Japan’s Prime Minister” because he is the prime minister of the country of Japan.
“Japanese Prime Minister” is still correct but only means that this prime minister is associated with Japan. So it would also be possible to say “Sweden has a Japanese Prime Minister” which would mean that Sweden had elected a Japanese person to be their prime minister.
In the examples you give, you could use either.
You could say “Japan’s law” since it is the law of the country of Japan.
You could also say “Japanese law” since it is the law connected in a more general way to the culture of Japan.
In many cases both are true and so you could use either term.
- Inglês (EUA)
Here is another example:
“The monster ate Japanese cookies”
(Japanese = of the culture)
So this means the monster ate cookies made in the Japanese style.
“The monster ate Japan’s cookies”
(Japan’s = of the country)
So this means the monster ate all the cookies in Japan.
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