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Gaijin (外人, [ɡai(d)ʑiɴ]; "outsider", "alien") is a Japanese word for foreigners and non-Japanese citizens in Japan, specifically being applied to foreigners of non-Japanese ethnicity and those from the Japanese diaspora who are not Japanese citizens. [1] The word is composed of two kanji: gai (外, "outside") and jin (人, "person").
Gaijin actually entered the Japanese market with the release of anime-style action game X-Blades in 2009. [11] Gaijin's logo features snail that is a reference to Issa Kobayashi's haiku, [12] translated by R.H. Blyth as: O snail. Climb Mount Fuji. But slowly, slowly! (Katatsumuri / sorosoro nobore / Fuji no yama; 蝸牛/そろそろ登れ ...
Gaijin tarento largely inspire interest in the Japanese viewer due to their use of the Japanese language, a feat considered especially remarkable by the Japanese. Native Japanese speakers consider their language to be especially difficult to learn due to the depth of ritual expressions, methods of referring to the self and others, and indirect ...
He returned to Japan in 2007, signing a one-year contract with the Orix Buffaloes. Rhodes' comeback was a spectacular one, batting .291 and hitting 42 home runs to go with 96 runs batted in. The next season, teamed up with fellow gaijin slugger Alex Cabrera, Rhodes hit 40 home runs and drove in 118 runs. Combined, Cabrera and Rhodes, who earned ...
Japanese propaganda of racial purity returned to post-World War II Japan because of the support of the Allied forces. U.S. policy in Japan terminated the purge of high-ranking fascist war criminals and reinstalled the leaders who were responsible for the creation and manifestation of prewar race propaganda. [109]
Gai-Jin (Japanese for "foreigner") is a 1993 novel by James Clavell, chronologically the third book in his Asian Saga, although it was the last to be published.Taking place about 20 years after the events of Tai-Pan, it chronicles the adventures of Malcolm Struan, the son of Culum and Tess Struan, in Japan.
Dave Spector (Japanese: デーブ・スペクター, Hepburn: Dēbu Supekutā) [1] is an American gaijin tarento, television producer, author, and actor based in Japan.. Originally from Chicago, he moved to Japan in 1983 after visiting as a producer with the American television program Ripley's Believe It o
Kent Derricott (ケント・デリカット, Kento Derikatto, born March 3, 1955 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada) is an actor and celebrity television personality or gaijin tarento, in Japan. [1] He first learned Japanese while working as a Mormon missionary in Japan when he was 19 years old.