がいじん
Meanings
Noun
Sensitive
1. foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin
when read as "がいじん"
2. outsider
orig. meaning
Kanji used
outside
person
Pitch accent
いじん
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Composed of
outside of; not covered by
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
Used in vocabulary (9 in total)
nationals and foreigners
foreign correspondent
person from outside the prefecture; people from other prefectures
foreign correspondents' club
Examples (6 in total)
People shouldn't stare at foreigners.
He is used to talking to foreigners.
The foreigner comes from Scotland.