A Japanese term used to describe non-Japanese investors investing in Japanese securities.

foreigner; someone who's not from Japan

n. (Jap.) A derogatory term for a foreigner or outsider.

lit. stupid foreigner; derogatory: slang term for foreigners in Japan

Japanese word for a foreigner.

Japanese term used to describe a nonJapanese investor in Japan.

Outsiders, foreigners

Japanese for “foreigner” or “outsider.

(がいじん) Japanese word for "foreigner". Actually a contracted form of gaikokujin (外å›1/2人), literally "outside-country-person". Gaijin, on the other hand, drops the character for country and therefore more correctly means "outsider". Some therefore feel that the use of the word gaijin in place of gaikokujin is derogatory and serves to emphasize the de facto exclusion of foreigners from many aspects of Japanese society; see Wikipedia for more detail on this.

gah-ee-gene) a foreigner in Japan

Has the same meaning as the English word, foreigner though it's not necessarily used in a derogatory manner. The word is actually short for gaikokujin (foreigner), and is used to refer to all non-Japanese persons. While a few right-wing nationalist minded Japanese may imbue the word with the politics of distrust ("the foreigner" as threat to cultural purity), most people offer no offense when using the word and are most respectful to persons of non-Japanese descent.

Foreign (non-Japanese).

foreigner (literally, foreign person); an impolite, negative term of reference see also gaikokujin

foreigner or other.

Any none native worker wrestling in Japan.

Japanese words meaning "foreigner". The words can refer to nationality or ethnicity. The word is often the subject of debate as to its appropriateness, particularly in its shortened form.