fpw Wrote:...GAIJIN...
fpw Wrote:[SIZE="3"]I'm thinking maybe GAIJIN...the blade is the Gaijin Masamune and Jack is a gaijin wherever he goes. Hmmmm...[/SIZE]
saynomore Wrote:HARBINGERS is a hard act to follow... title-wise, that is.
AC
P.S. In The Hunted, Christopher Lambert's character is often referred to as Gaijin in a mocking way. Perhaps I don't quite get the full meaning of the word. :confused: Kenji, some help here....
Ken Valentine Wrote:Generally speaking, it means foreigner but when spoken in a certain way, it also means barbarian.
Ken V.
GeraldRice Wrote:My Japanese professor always told us to not use Gaijin as it was an offensive word. I forget the meaning other than outsider, but I think Ken is on the money. I think she told us to say Gairokujin which means "outside person" if I'm not mistaken.
ImDeranged Wrote:Yes but does the avg. person shopping a bookstore know what a Gaijin is?
Kenji Wrote:Barbarian? No!
Gaijin is foreigner, but correctly it's a word which shortened "Gaikokujin".
Gai=out
koku=country(countries)
jin=a person(s)
The meaning is "the person who came out of an other country".
Quote:I've never thought Gaijin = Barbarian.
Kenji Wrote:Gaikokujin = Outside person.....hmm, yes, it's correct. But recent young people don't use "Gaijin". We use "Gaikokujin".
Old people use that word "Gaijin-san", though...