Foreigner - Gaijin

Japanese: 外人 - がいじん

〘 noun 〙① A person who is outside the scope of family, relatives, friends, lodgers, etc. A person with no connection. A distant person. A stranger. Also, a person who is not from that place. ※Fusoshu (around 995-999), 9: Evening Spring Festival Fujisaiko Passes the Dormitory Exam and Gives Orders to Flowers〈Oe Asatsuna〉 "Foreigners are _open -minded and _affectionate , and even so, they have the heart of parents in the hall." ※Heike (early 13th century), 1: "Forgetting his kindness, he prepares his weapons in a place where there are no foreigners, and keeps his soldiers there to speak." 〔Mencius - Teng Wengong〕② A foreigner. ※Outline of Civilization Theory (1875)〈Fukuzawa Yukichi〉 1: "Even if they are scholars, if they have even a little insight, they will never be fascinated by the behavior of foreigners." 〔Tao Qian - Peach Blossom Source〕

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 家族、親戚、仲間、同宿などの範囲の外にいる人。無関係の人。疎遠な人。他人。また、その土地の人ではない人。※扶桑集（995‐999頃）九・暮春賀藤才子寮試及第花下命酌〈大江朝綱〉「外人傾_レ耳猶添_レ愛、况是堂中父母心」※平家（１３Ｃ前）一「其恩をわすれて、外人もなき所に兵具をととのへ、軍兵をかたらひおき」〔孟子‐滕文公〕② 外国人。※文明論之概略（1875）〈福沢諭吉〉一「学者流の人にても少しく見識ある者は外人の挙動を見て決して心酔するに非ず」〔陶潜‐桃花源記〕

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