がいこくじん
Meanings
Noun
1. foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
Kanji used
outside
country
person
Pitch accent
いこく
じん
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Composed of
outside of; not covered by
indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
Composed of
foreign country
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
Used in vocabulary (20 in total)
foreign (exchange) student; international student
hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era
xenophobia; exclusion (of foreigners)
foreign residents of Japan; foreigners living in Japan
non-Japanese celebrity; foreigner celebrity
alien registration card; foreigner registration card
enfranchisement of foreign residents; voting rights for foreign residents
hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era
hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era
foreign stock ownership ratio; foreign stockholding ratio
foreign stock ownership ratio; foreign stockholding ratio
foreign trainee system; technical intern training program
Examples (63 in total)
She is married to a foreigner.
We aren't foreigners.
The hotel is full of foreigners.