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jmdict 1203850 Active (id: 2359045)
外人 [ichi1,news1,nf18]
がいじん [ichi1,news1,nf18] ガイジン [sk]
1. [n] [sens]
▶ foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry)
▶ gaijin
▶ whitey
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1203650 外国人 1. foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
  ⇐ see: 2722100 害人【がいじん】 1. troublesome foreigner
2. [n] [arch]
《orig. meaning》
▶ outsider



History:
15. A 2026-01-30 11:09:57  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
14. A 2026-01-01 03:28:26  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Daijisen: 外国人。特に、欧米人をいう。
  Comments:
May as well stay.
13. A* 2025-12-29 21:58:42  parfait8
  Comments:
i don't think "(esp. one of European ancestry)" is appropriate, it's just associated with people who don't really look "Japanese", i.e. non-East Asian (which includes White people, Black people, etc.)
12. A* 2025-12-29 21:40:10 
  Comments:
I think this works as a third gloss.
  Diff:
@@ -25,0 +26 @@
+<gloss>whitey</gloss>
11. A 2023-08-31 01:49:26  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
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