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Gaijin

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is a Japanese word for foreigners and non-Japanese. [1]

38 relations: Alien (law), Bule, Daijirin, Daijisen, Empire of Japan, Ethnic group, Gai-Jin, Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am, Gaijin: Roads to Freedom, Government of Meiji Japan, Guizi, Gweilo, Iwanami Shoten, Japanese abbreviated and contracted words, Japanese diaspora, Japanese language, Kanji, Kōjien, Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan, Korea under Japanese rule, Laowai, List of Noh plays, List of terms for ethnic exogroups, Nationality, Nick Lowe, Nijō Yoshimoto, Noh, Pejorative, Puroresu, Race (human categorization), Renri Hishō, Sangokujin, Sanseidō, Shogakukan, Sonnō jōi, Taiwan under Japanese rule, The Tale of the Heike, Yomiuri Shimbun.

Alien (law)

In law, an alien is a person who is not a national of a given country, though definitions and terminology differ to some degree.

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Bule

Bule is a commonly used word in Indonesia to describe a foreigner, especially people of European descent.

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Daijirin

is a comprehensive single-volume Japanese dictionary edited by, and first published by in 1988.

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Daijisen

The is a general-purpose Japanese dictionary published by Shogakukan in 1995 and 1998.

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Empire of Japan

The was the historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the enactment of the 1947 constitution of modern Japan.

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Ethnic group

An ethnic group, or an ethnicity, is a category of people who identify with each other based on similarities such as common ancestry, language, history, society, culture or nation.

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Gai-Jin

Gai-Jin (Japanese for "foreigner") is a 1993 novel by James Clavell, chronologically the third book in his Asian Saga, although it was the last to be published.

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Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am

Gaijin 2: Love Me As I Am (Gaijin – Ama-me Como Sou) is a 2005 Brazilian drama film directed by Tizuka Yamasaki.

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Gaijin: Roads to Freedom

Gaijin: Roads to Freedom (Portuguese: Gaijin - Caminhos da Liberdade; also known as Gaijin, a Brazilian Odyssey) is a 1980 Brazilian drama film, the debut film of director Tizuka Yamasaki.

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Government of Meiji Japan

The was the government that was formed by politicians of the Satsuma Domain and Chōshū Domain in the 1860s.

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Guizi

Guizi is a Chinese slang term for foreigners, and has a long history of being used as a racist and deprecating insult.

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Gweilo

Gweilo or gwailou (pronounced) is a common Cantonese slang term for Westerners.

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Iwanami Shoten

is a Japanese publishing company in Tokyo.

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Japanese abbreviated and contracted words

Abbreviated and contracted words are a common feature of Japanese.

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Japanese diaspora

The Japanese diaspora, and its individual members known as or, are the Japanese immigrants from Japan and their descendants that reside in a foreign country.

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Japanese language

is an East Asian language spoken by about 128 million people, primarily in Japan, where it is the national language.

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Kanji

Kanji (漢字) are the adopted logographic Chinese characters that are used in the Japanese writing system.

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Kōjien

is a single-volume Japanese dictionary first published by Iwanami Shoten in 1955.

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Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan

The Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan is a comprehensive English-language encyclopedia first published in 1983 that covers a broad range of topics on Japan.

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Korea under Japanese rule

Korea under Japanese rule began with the end of the short-lived Korean Empire in 1910 and ended at the conclusion of World War II in 1945.

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Laowai

Laowai is the Mandarin pronunciation of 老外 (pinyin: lǎowài, lit. "constantly foreign"), an informal term or slang for "foreigner", usually neutral but possibly impolite or loose in some circumstances.

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List of Noh plays

This is a complete list of extant pre-modern Noh plays, their supposed authors, and categorisations.

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List of terms for ethnic exogroups

An ethnic exogroup is a group of people which does not belong to a particular ethnic group.

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Nationality

Nationality is a legal relationship between an individual person and a state.

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Nick Lowe

Nicholas Drain Lowe (born 24 March 1949), known as Nick Lowe, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer.

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Nijō Yoshimoto

, son of regent Nijō Michihira, was a Japanese kugyō (court noble), waka poet, and renga master of the early Nanboku-chō period (1336–1392).

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Noh

, derived from the Sino-Japanese word for "skill" or "talent", is a major form of classical Japanese musical drama that has been performed since the 14th century.

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Pejorative

A pejorative (also called a derogatory term, a slur, a term of abuse, or a term of disparagement) is a word or grammatical form expressing a negative connotation or a low opinion of someone or something, showing a lack of respect for someone or something.

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Puroresu

is the popular term for the predominant style or genre of professional wrestling that has developed in Japan.

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Race (human categorization)

A race is a grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into categories generally viewed as distinct by society.

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Renri Hishō

is a text on renga poetics.

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Sangokujin

is a Japanese term referring to residents of Korea (North and South) and Taiwan in the aftermath of World War II.

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Sanseidō

is a Japanese publishing company known for publishing dictionaries (such as Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten) and textbooks.

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Shogakukan

is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, manga, non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan.

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Sonnō jōi

was a Japanese and Chinese political philosophy and a social movement derived from Neo-Confucianism; it became a political slogan in the 1850s and 1860s in the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate during the Bakumatsu period.

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Taiwan under Japanese rule

Taiwan under Japanese rule is the period between 1895 and 1945 in which the island of Taiwan (including the Penghu Islands) was a dependency of the Empire of Japan, after Qing China lost the First Sino-Japanese War to Japan and ceded Taiwan Province in the Treaty of Shimonoseki.

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The Tale of the Heike

is an epic account compiled prior to 1330 of the struggle between the Taira and Minamoto clans for control of Japan at the end of the 12th century in the Genpei War (1180–1185).

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Yomiuri Shimbun

The is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities.

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Redirects here:

Fly-jin, Flyjin, Foreigners in Japan, Gai-JIn, Gaijin bar, Gaijin/merge, Gaikokujin, Gaizin, Geijin, Hakujin, Henna gaijin, 外人, 外国人.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaijin

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