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Japan vs Us - What's the difference?

japan | us |

As nouns the difference between japan and us

is that japan is japanese (person) while us is .

As an adjective japan

is japanese (of or pertaining to japan, its people or language).

japan

English

(wikipedia Japan)

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Proper noun

(-)
  • An island nation in the Pacific Ocean, located to the east of China, Korea and Russia.
  • Synonyms

    * (l) (obsolete) * (l) * (l)

    Derived terms

    * (l) (derogatory) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * Japan allspice * Japan black * Japan camphor * Japan clover * Japan earth * Japan ink * Japan lacquer * Japan pea * Japan varnish

    See also

    * * * ----

    us

    English

    (wikipedia us)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • (personal) me and at least one other person; the objective case of we .
  • (colloquial) me
  • Give us a look at your paper.
    Give us your wallet!
    Quotations
    * 1611 — 1:1 *: Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us ...
    See also
    * we * our * ours

    Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.
  • It's not good enough for us teachers.
    See also
    * we

    Etymology 2

    Derived from the similarity between the letter u and the Greek letter .

    Symbol

    (head)
  • Statistics

    *

    Etymology 3

    .

    Noun

    (head)
  • Usage notes