Gaijin in Japan

According to wikipedia Gaijin (外人; “outsider”, “alien”, “Non-Japanese”) is a Japanese word for foreigners and non-Japanese. The word is composed of two kanji: gai (外, “outside”) and jin (人, “person”). Similarly composed words that refer to foreign things include gaikoku (外国, “foreign country”) and gaisha (外車, “foreign car”). The word can refer to nationality, race or ethnicity, concepts generally conflated in Japan. Some feel the word has come to have a negative or pejorative connotation, while otherContinue reading “Gaijin in Japan”

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