If you have a preference for Japanese products, closely follow the doings of Japanese entertainers, or dress up in all the latest, coolest fashions, consider yourself a Japanophile. According to Makoto Liang, "The term ha ri zu (Japanophile) has come to be associated with the idea of mindless infatuation."
「哈日族被塑造成一種次文化的盲目崇拜」，梁秩誠說，「哈」（台語發音，意指非常熱中垂涎）給人一種不用大腦、衝動、膚淺的刻板印象。