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This is a very ugly hate word for a Japanese person.
This is a very ugly hate word for a Japanese person這是一個用來罵日本人的、非常難聽的仇恨字眼。
Do not say it. Do not write it to be funny.
Do not say it不要說出這個字。Do not write it to be funny也不要為了搞笑而寫出來。
In English it is among the worst things you can call someone from Japan.
In English在英文裡 it is among the worst things you can call someone from Japan這是你可以用來稱呼日本人的字眼中，最惡劣的幾個之一。
It is a , hostile of Japanese, used as a noun (a person) and as an adjective (Jap food, a Jap soldier) since the late 1800s.
It is a clipped, hostile shortening of Japanese它是Japanese日本人這個字被截短、帶有敵意的說法, used as a noun (a person) and as an adjective (Jap food, a Jap soldier)從十九世紀末開始，被當名詞（指一個人）和形容詞（像Jap food、a Jap soldier）使用 since the late 1800s。
It got much louder in war talk, especially in the United States and Britain around the Second World War, and it is still a slur now — not a “historical word” that has gone soft.
It got much louder in war talk在戰爭時期的言論裡，這個字被用得更兇, especially in the United States and Britain around the Second World War尤其是在二次大戰前後的美國和英國, and it is still a slur now而且到現在它依然是一個侮辱性字眼 — not a "historical word" that has gone soft不是那種已經變得溫和的「歷史用詞」。
You may also see it stretched as a verb for a sudden attack; that use grew out of the same insult, and it is not a clean extra meaning.
You may also see it stretched as a verb for a sudden attack你也可能看到它被延伸當動詞用，指突然發動攻擊; that use grew out of the same insult這個用法是從同一個侮辱長出來的, and it is not a clean extra meaning不是一個乾淨獨立的另一個意思。
If you find it in an old film, a comic, a headline, or a family story from the war, you need to know it is there to shrink and hurt.
If you find it in an old film, a comic, a headline, or a family story from the war如果你在一部老電影、一本漫畫、一則標題，或戰爭時期的家族故事裡看到這個字, you need to know it is there to shrink and hurt你要知道，它出現在那裡就是為了貶低和傷害人。
If you must talk about it, say “a hate word for Japanese people”. The ordinary, respectful words are Japanese and Japan.
If you must talk about it如果你一定要提到它, say "a hate word for Japanese people"可以說「a hate word for Japanese people一個罵日本人的仇恨字眼」。The ordinary, respectful words are Japanese and Japan一般、尊重的說法是Japanese日本人的和Japan日本。
組成A clipping of Japanese. Attested as a noun since 1872 and as an adjective since 1878. Nip is a parallel hate-shortening from Nipponese, not a piece of this word.
同家族的字
- JapaneseJap is a clipped, hostile shortening of Japanese
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Japname/d͡ʒæp/
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offensiveslurdatedslangThe Japanese language.
- He petered out under Pitty's savage look: Do you speak Jap? Do you understand the world from inside those bastards' slanty-eyed little head-lopping poem-writing minds?
- He said it in Japanese, which surprised the boy and stunned Cullen. “You speak Jap?” asked Cullen. “Looks like it, doesn't it?”
Japnoun/d͡ʒæp/
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derogatoryslurA Japanese person.
- Among our Japs on board are two returning from Italy, where they have been with silk-worms' eggs, on cards, to sell. This has become a great speculation, and the Japs are going into it with zeal. The Japs almost always—always when they can—take cabin passages ; the Chinese seldom, or never.
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derogatoryhistoricalAn Imperial Japanese Army soldier.
- The Japs had been confident that this first and sudden land grab could be accomplished without their becoming involved in a major war, and they were right.
- ‘The telegram says “missing”.’ ’Nothing about “presumed drowned”?’ Sorrel asked. ’Nothing.’ ’Then he could easily be a prisoner in the hands of the Japs,’ she persisted.
Japadj/d͡ʒæp/
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derogatoryslurJapanese; of or pertaining to Japan or its people.
- A soldier might grab his rifle and batter his way to the heart of some Jap position. Back home they gave him all sorts of medals but his companions dismissed him as the poor bastard who finally went Asiatic.
japverb詞源 1/d͡ʒæp/
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slurslangTo carry out a sneak attack upon (something or somebody).
japverb詞源 2
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(of a liquid) To spatter or splash over a surface.
- […] the yelp of the girl as the hot water japped her legs. I The big fellow bore me across the kitchen.
- The oilcloth on the kitchen table / an olive green thing - retro surface / japped with little bits of water / or if you like with bits 'v watter / […]
japnoun詞源 3
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。