外人 — meaning in English
gaijin
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English meaning
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alien
noun A being from another planet.
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foreigner
noun A person from a country other than the one they are currently in.
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gaijin
noun A non-Japanese person.
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stranger
noun A person you do not know.
Senses
外人 is used for these senses in English:
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alien
(sometimes, derogatory) A mischievous or suspicious foreigner.
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foreigner
A person from a foreign country.
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gaijin
(from the perspective of a Japanese person) A non-Japanese person.
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stranger
An outsider or foreigner.
alien — full definition
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noun A being from another planet.
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noun A foreign citizen living in a country where they do not hold citizenship.
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adj Very strange or unfamiliar.
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verb (formal, law) To transfer ownership of property to someone else.
