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RE: gaijin
Posted by:
kurt
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Date: December 19, 2000 11:47PM
<HTML>Gaijin means a foreigner.
It literally translates as \'outside person\'. Some folks consider it a prejudicial term; I do not and think it is mistaken to feel it is one. I never was bothered to be called a \'gaijin\' when I lived there. The term foreigner in English also can conjur up negative images. So can the word \'alien\' (hey, are you from Mars?), which is a much stronger word than \'gaijin\'.
In Japan, you are an outsider, don\'t deny it. A foreigner living in Japan almost certianly can not read the local language, and probably can\'t speak it. Most foreigners I knew when I lived in Japan could barely order a meal at a resturant without grunting and pointing. \'Foreigners\' also get special consideration and breaks for a thousand little rules the locals have to follow. I\'d rather be a gaijin in Japan than a foreigner in the US.
Now, being called \'kichikubeiei\', THAT is rude, which also happened to me.
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It literally translates as \'outside person\'. Some folks consider it a prejudicial term; I do not and think it is mistaken to feel it is one. I never was bothered to be called a \'gaijin\' when I lived there. The term foreigner in English also can conjur up negative images. So can the word \'alien\' (hey, are you from Mars?), which is a much stronger word than \'gaijin\'.
In Japan, you are an outsider, don\'t deny it. A foreigner living in Japan almost certianly can not read the local language, and probably can\'t speak it. Most foreigners I knew when I lived in Japan could barely order a meal at a resturant without grunting and pointing. \'Foreigners\' also get special consideration and breaks for a thousand little rules the locals have to follow. I\'d rather be a gaijin in Japan than a foreigner in the US.
Now, being called \'kichikubeiei\', THAT is rude, which also happened to me.
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