Gaijin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡaɪˌd͡ʒɪn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gaijin is a noun meaning (from the perspective of a Japanese person) A non-Japanese person.
Meaning
(from the perspective of a Japanese person) A non-Japanese person.
More Meanings
- (Hawaii) A white person.
Example Sentences
[...] I was placed in the gaijins' dormitory area up on the third floor.
The sarariman had been Japanese, but the Ninsei crowd was a gaijin crowd.
Oh's pitchers later acknowledged that they were instructed—under penalty of a fine—to throw no strikes to the gaijin.
And I did not intend to live my life as a gaijin—not merely, like the expatriate, someone by definition permanently out of place but someone unwanted as well.
Word Forms
- gaijins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gairaigo, gaje, gadje, gajo, gaiatsu, gauje.
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