"外国人" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɡa̠iko̞kɯ̟ᵝʑĩɴ] Forms: 外国人 [canonical] (ruby: (がい), (こく), (じん)), gaikokujin [romanization], gwaikokuzin [romanization], ぐゎいこくじん [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: gwaikokujin > gaikokujin. Literally 外国 (“foreign country”) + 人 (“person”). Etymology templates: {{com|ja|外国|人|t1=foreign country|t2=person}} 外国 (“foreign country”) + 人 (“person”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|がいこくじん|hhira=ぐゎいこくじん}} 外(がい)国(こく)人(じん) • (gaikokujin) ^(←ぐゎいこくじん (gwaikokuzin)?)
  1. a foreigner, a person from a foreign country; an alien, a foreign national Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-外国人-ja-noun-g8Ygx7KU Disambiguation of People: 68 32 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 70 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 70 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 72 28 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 71 29
  2. a person who is not Japanese
    Sense id: en-外国人-ja-noun-uTZ6Nwsz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 外人 (gaijin) (ruby: (がい), (じん)) [informal], 異人 (ijin) (ruby: (), (じん)), 異邦人 (ihōjin) (ruby: (), (ほう), (じん)), 異国人 (ikokujin) (ruby: 異国人(いこくじん)), としんどん (toshindon) [Kagoshima]

Inflected forms

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