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毛唐
けとう
1. [n] [derog,abbr]
▶ damn Westerner
▶ [lit] hairy foreigner



History:
2. A 2019-03-01 04:49:54  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5: 〔西洋人に対する軽蔑語〕 a 「damn [hairy] Westerner [foreigner, gaijin].
  Comments:
I think this handles it a bit better.
  Diff:
@@ -13 +12,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1809920">毛唐人</xref>
@@ -16 +15,2 @@
-<gloss>hairy foreigner (esp. Europeans)</gloss>
+<gloss>damn Westerner</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">hairy foreigner</gloss>
1. A* 2019-02-28 21:07:10 
  Comments:
This (and 毛唐人) are kanji translations. The literal meaning might be "hairy foreigner", fine, but none of the yahoo dictionaries actually 
define it as such (though Daijirin has an etymology note: "〔「毛深い唐人」の意という〕"). I think "damn Westerner" would be more apt.

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