ガイコクジン
Meanings
Noun
1. foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
Pitch accent
イコク
ジン
Composed of
outside of; not covered by
indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local lords and samurai
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 (17 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)
aimed at 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
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.