gaijin

gai·jin

(gī′jēn′, -jĭn′)

n. pl. gaijin

A non-Japanese person.

[Japanese : gai, outside, foreign (from Middle Chinese ŋuaj`) + jin, person; see jinriksha.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

gaijin

(ɡaɪˈdʒɪn)

n, pl -jin

(Languages) (in Japan) a foreigner

[C20: Japanese, a contraction of gaikoku-jin, from gaikoku foreign country + jin person]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

gai•jin

(ˈgaɪ dʒin; Eng. ˈgaɪ dʒɪn)

n., pl. -jin (-dʒin; Eng. -dʒɪn)

Japanese. an outsider; foreigner.

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