gaijin
/ɡʌɪˈdʒɪn
/noun (plural same)
(In Japan) a foreigner: in Japan his pale eyes marked him as a gaijin [as modifier]: the sports dailies‘ vilification of the Tigers’ gaijin manager...
- From a Japanese standpoint, she would take to task the gaijin ladies in Japan who refused to comply with traditions with a condescending attitude, at the same time chastising Japanese obatarian who despaired of the big-nosed foreigners.
- With Karl on a hunt for running shoes to fit his gaijin (foreigner feet) we stopped in at a mall and all got freaked out again by the commercialism and big white Americans from the nearby army base.
- This is a difficult concept for the gaijin to grasp when brought up on the premise that the Japanese are a consensus society.
Origin
Japanese, contraction of gaikoku-jin, from gaikoku 'foreign country' + jin 'person'.
Rhymes
- decennium
- decent
- decenter
- decently
- decentralisation
- decentralise
- decentralist
- decentralization
- decentralize
- decentre
- decent-sized
- deception
- deceptive
- deceptively
- deceptiveness
- decerebrate
- decerebration
- decertification
- decertify
- de-Christianise
- de-Christianization
- de-Christianize
- deci-
- Decian
- decibel