what does "gaijin" mean anyway?
2006-10-01 11:09:45 · 8 answers · asked by nic 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
♡'Gaijin' (gaikokujin) basically means 'foreigner'.
http://www.yesjapan.com/dictionary/yesjapan200k.php?language=Japanese&searchplace=beginning&searchfor=gaijin&maxsearch=25
I'm an American living in Japan and when I asked my Japanese friends about this they said it means 'all other people besides Japanese.' (*^o^*)
I'm an American, so I'm an "Amerikajin" too.(^_-)-☆
'Gaikoku' means:
#1 gaikoku ( 外国 : がいこく )
foreign country
'Jin' means:
#7 jin ( 人 : じん )
1. man
2. person
3. people
http://www.yesjapan.com/dictionary/yesjapan200k.php?language=Japanese&searchplace=beginning&searchfor=jin&maxsearch=25
Thus～ gaikokujin-gaijin.
Foreign country person = foreigner.
Hope this helps!(*^o^*)
2006-10-01 14:47:51 · answer #1 · answered by C 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Gaijin is short for gaikokujin, which means "foreigner" (anyone who is not Japanese). Depending on the situation, gaijin can be used in a neutral or derogatory manner.
2006-10-01 11:13:34 · answer #2 · answered by Kaonashi 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Non Japanese/foreigner
2006-10-01 11:34:02 · answer #3 · answered by massimo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is the most common general word for a foreigner. It simply denotes an outsider. One may be described more specifically, e.g. eikojin for English person.
2006-10-01 12:06:20 · answer #4 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
gaijin means foreigner.....it literally means " outside person"....
2006-10-01 11:19:39 · answer #5 · answered by GT 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Kawaii means cute :)
2006-10-01 11:17:10 · answer #6 · answered by materialgirltoo 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it means white people, because before the trading and the opening of exchanging im/exports, there were no english people, although it means outsider, it aloso has a common usage for english people
2006-10-01 20:51:14 · answer #7 · answered by Down 1 · 0⤊ 5⤋
essence of chicken
2006-10-01 11:15:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋