why should you care what someone called you a Gajin they are silly to called you that in the first place with out your money there economy and race will decline faster than George Bush favor with the American public
I think any grouping can become offensive; but it depends on how its used, and what motivates its use. I think Gaijin is similar to being called Caucasian, or Asian; The N word however has always been more than a solely racial/ethnic term. It is connected to slavery, and essentially to genocide! Gaijin is connected to a person as an outsider, but not connected to that outsider being worthless, or non-human, which the N-word did used to mean (and why it is considered so offensive still)--
NO! And, under no circumstance do I believe it is. I don't see the point of getting upset as I value being unique and not blending in with everyone else. Even if one obtains citizenship it is unreasonable to become upset when people mistake that person and assume that they are gaijin. Most gaijin never obtain Japanese citizenship, so why would they assume that one has become a citizen of Japan? I believe that most people are jaded and are looking for a reason to bitch and moan.
I don't think the word gaijin is offensive. But I think the japanese way of treating foreigners in everyday situations and how the law and rules are for gaijin, are not the best. Japan needs a lot more foreigners, with a low birthrates and an economy that is not evolving as fast as it should. Open up the country for immigration, and stop being so afraid of new cultures changing your own. And stop being so proud and easily offended. It's a global world, and Japan can't stop evolution.
i just realized in my own culture there is a word for 'white' foreigners. when i think about it, it can be quite insulting if you intend it to, but otherwise it just describe the person.
anyway, any words can be insulting with the wrong intonation, inflection, intention, etc.
Japanese sure are becoming popular internet trolls...well especially on YT..seems a very non-japanese thing to do; i.e u r the ones that are embarrassing.
I dont find it very offensive, I am currently a gaijin so to be called one while it does irk me at times there are worse you could call me like 'Mick'
I don't find gaijin offensive. I think you're right, it's not a big deal and there are more important things that foreigners in Japan should worry about. Re: The becoming Japanese thing, that's an interesting point. However, even if a foreigner gained citizenship they would never be considered truly "Japanese." That may change as Japan takes in more and more immigrants, but for now that's the way things are.
Didn't know people should be so self conscious about racial slur. If you're easily distracted and offended by slurs obviously you need to find better things to do. Also I'm pretty sure the term gaijin gain its hype with people who lie to themselves about being a Japanese and condemn others. Grow up, you're not JAPANESE, plus Japanese folks are not so hostile. Majority of the time its used by some anime die hard fan who thinks "Japan" culture revolves around it. No offense intended, <3.
NOPE, not offensive at all. I'm pretty sure Japanese can call us something else IF they wish to be crude. At least I'm perfectly fine with it. Other people on the other hand my react differently. I feel like this ' I can't control how people act, but I can control how I react'. That is now I handle any such situation.(most of the time). Great work Gimmeaflakeman!
I want to become a citizen of Japan, but I still personally find the word gaijin to be offensive. That is because no matter what I still will be one with a different cultural background. Also, it's going to happen so often that I find it pointless to stress out over little things like that.
pretty much what i get from everything ive seen on your videos and other videos you've sponsored is that japan is a very polite society for the most part. of course you have rotten people everywhere but i truly believe this word isnt bad unlike the n* word which even offends most blacks. keep up with the videos! love them so much!
Weird how most people here aren't answering your question.
I found it offensive for a while, then got over myself and realized I was in a country where many are ridiculously ignorant and small minded! I live here, made the decision to come here and although there are so many problems here, I have learned to run with things and realize that I am not in Kansas anymore ;)
No. The word Gaijin is not steeped in hundreds of years of the same history of negativity, hate, and ignorance.. It's not the type of loaded word that the N-word is.
With "Gaijin", I would say it is the way you intend it to mean. Like the word "Gay" is also used to describe a group of people but jerks use it negitively. With "Nigger", everyone knows where it comes from, what it means, & the fact that it's 100% rasicts. People that think Gaijin is offensive probably have a fantasy about Japan, have never been discriminated against, are not apart of a minority group, and/or don't hang with minorities much. It's kinda like their wake up call to the real world.~
I think it just depends how one uses it. the only time I found it offensive was when I was in Akiba with a Caucasian friend and one girl with a group of guys yelled gaijin, pointed, and then proceeded to laugh. Her tone was kind of like a "wth" sort of tone so yeah. Other that time, I've never found the word gainjin to be offensive.
not Japanese, nor do I currently live in japan, intend to later in my life, but not there yet. Think it could be used offensively the same way "foreigner" can be, but provided the person you know, isn't using it in some way like "D*** dirty foreigners, get out of my country", i probably wouldn't be too concerned about it.
its more like being a Yankees fan in Boston, well I don't mind that well I might be a New York Yankess fan living in Boston so thats OK so anyone coud give it a try !
I agree with you, I think the word Gaijin is neutral - it is the context in which it is used that determines if it is offensive or not. Would you compare it to the word "Gringo", used in Mexico, commonly used to refer to Americans?
The word "Yankee" also has an interesting heritage, it's used to refer to Americans, particularly from Northern states, but is originaly Chinese. The original Chinese was "Yang Gwei" meaning Foreign Ghost (or Devil), and applied to any white foreigner.
I lived in Japan for about 5 years. I never thought that gaijin was a bad word. I heard many children corrected by there parents or teachers, say "gaikokujin." I think that if your a gaijin then you are always a gaijin. No matter how hard you try to integrate yourself in the Japanese culture, they will always look at you and think gaijin. I am ok with that.
I think it's a passive form of discrimination. It creates an us versus them scenario. I think where it doesn't seem that Japan is a very violent place, it seems to be engage in passive aggression and discrimination.
I´m a Gaijin, living in Tokyo, and I don´t mind to be called "Gaijin". I actually like it instead. It´s an hilarious word. I totally agree with you! Saludos desde Setagaya!
If you want to put things on perspective the first Europeans who arrived in Japan were called "Southern Barbarians", so compared to that gaijin doesn't sound that bad anymore. I suppose gaijin carries some of the previous negative attitudes Japanese used to have (and some people still do) regarding foreigners even if the word by it's meaning isn't offensive.
But personally I don't mind. I would be a lot more offended by being called a southern barbarian. Especially since I'm from the north.
As far as I'm concerned, the word "gaijin" is nothing more than a shortened word for foreigner. I don't thing it's got any negative connotation or meaning. Japanese as well as English, recent fashion is to abbreviate everything and in English for example, FYI, BTW, AKA, ASAP, and so on. So gaijin is that version of it.
It all depends on what context the word 外人. As for if it is similar to the word "nigger" or not, I would say that it is not because the word is hardly ever used in a neutral and/or positive way. It has history backing it up; it is racist word for its history. 外人, on the other hand is just a mere word to address foreigners. "So why do Japanese mainly call people of other races 外人?" ... Well, Japan is in East Asia where the dominant race is Asian (those that were born in the east).
If you don't like being called a gaijin by a Japanese person, and you think they meant it offensively, then prove to them why they should accept you by responding with maturity, and not getting pissed off
I have never had a problem with words that are supposed to be racially offensive to my nationality. I have never been offended at hearing the term "cracker" and I'm pretty sure I would not be offended at being called a gaijin since, why? Mainly because...that's right you guessed it.....I AM a gaijin. For good or bad, I was NOT born in japan, therefore, even if I live there for 30 years I would still technically be a gaijin. Truth hurts sometimes, but just accept it....
Hi I was one of million people willing to say 'G' word when I was so young.
I like your video and your attitude that you don't shy away from controversial!
Looks like you have lived and paid taxed in Japan for 2 decades, even if not
you can always stand against because you have right to have a say<of course! But what the people live in different country tend to be more sensitive to racial discrimination is true.
I hope you will keep enjoying in japan! BTW Would your laptop be MacBook Pro? lol
I think Louis CK does a good and funny job in explaining offensive words. His premise is that a words are nothing but tools much like scissors, hammer, or crowbar. It's the intent behind a particular word that can be offensive. Case in point, you used the word "nigger" in your vlog. You didn't use it with any malice whatsoever. Yet some knuckledragging idiot can easily use the word to spread vitriol towards another human being. But back to my thoughts....
@Cirris Unless Gaijin is being used as an outright insult, i don't see a problem with the word itself. It would be silly for the Japanese people to stop using something that's been established as "foreign person" for generations. I mean if they outlaw the word, people will just come up with a new term for non-Japanese people living in Japan.
Actually... In the US blatantly calling someone a "foreigner" isn't polite... Even if the person in question IS a foreigner, it's still considered rude to say it directly to them...
It has to do with our more ethnically diverse society. Most Americans today are the descendants of "foreigners" anyway. So... Many people carry that to Japan and find Gaijin either rude or unsettling.
From the norm Japanese POV... I'm a foreigner of the US although I was born in the US and I'm not a Native American
A single word is never offensive until a majority of people believe it to be.
For example, what exactly is a twat?
Offensive?
Why?
Because the majority of people believe it to be.
If you had never heard the word and someone called you a twat you could only interpret the word in the context in which it was used and that is the key. Context.
Likewise Nigger. Rap artists use the word these days to refer to a “brother” or kindred soul in this context it is hardly racist or offensive.
Even if they mean to be, some times words wont even be said to mean so... And who cares? Its their own special little piece of isolated island. They can do whatever they want, the standards here are not the same as in other countries on this planet that we might know.
I did not have to look up the word gaijin to know it is offensive but I am not offended by it. All you need in Japan to deal with someone who tries to offend you is to stare at the person without saying anything, no smile, no frowning , no answer just a blank stare, they will start to wonder if you'll kill their cat or push them under a train. Scarriest thing ever. Or maybe it is because I'm black and everyone thinks I own a gun XD
So if it's okay for Japanese people to call foreigners "gaijin", is it then okay for (English-speaking) foreigners to call Japanese "Japs"? If it is, I'm just gonna let loose... saying "Japanese" all the time, mendokusai!
for me the use of gaijin in Japan is similar to the use of gringo/gringa in Spain and countries of Central and South America. i don't find any of them offensive
(with my pale skin i would be spotted as a foreigner in any of those places).
if only i would get to visit them in my lifetime....
also, if i could live in another country, Spain and Japan would be my choices.
I was born a gaijin and I will remain one till the day I die (heck, even beyond that). What I make with it is up to me. It is just a word, and even more important: It is the truth. If one implies hostility in it, it's his problem.
--BTW, The article was inspired after I tweeted a dumb joke. I said you could tell Kan was about to resign because I looked in Metropolis and saw he was having a DAIJIN SALE (*rim shot) -- then I explained the joke (DAIJIN/GAIJIN) and a Debito fan began sending me obnoxious protest tweets over the use of the word... So I began to reflect on what it meant to be a foreign in Japan (to me).
Ahhhhhhhh, that's why the story got so many hits! (Viva Doc Rusty -- I wrote music for him.) --My main point is that some people often project their own personal issues onto society, and it results in a type of negativism where all Japanese are viewed as racist. After the Professor's comments I try to dramatize how people may see racism by connecting things that have absolutely nothing to do with what's actually going on. The article's really an appeal against that kind of negativity.
I am a ryuugakusei in Hokkaido, but I don't find it to offensive because I feel it just covers all those who do not look Japanese.... I have not been called that yet, but when I call myself one all the Japanese people around me laugh.
I think it might depend on how it is meant. Intent is everything. If someone is asking are you a gaijin because they need to know if you are foreign for some specific necessary purpose, maybe directing foreign visitors to the right place entering Japan, then that is probably no offense meant. I thought the if you wanted to be nationalized is silly. You can't get a Japanese transplant. Even if you get documented as a citizen somehow, you're still what you are and should be proud of that.
In my opinion, I'll never be a Japanese person as hard as I try. The word 外人is derived from the arguably more polite 外国人which more or less defines you and I as a person who is not native to Japan and is from a different country. So I accept this word for what it is and what it is able to express within the constraints oft the Japanese language. I give credence to the way it is used and or said in certain situations, but I also do the same for the word foreigner as it is used in English. So F it.
In my opinion, I'll never be a Japanese person as hard as I try. The word 外人is derived from the arguably more polite 外国人which more or less defines you and I as a person who is not native to Japan and is from a different country. So I accept this word for what it is and what it is able to express within the constraints oft the Japanese language. I give credence to the way it is used and or said in certain situations, but I also do the same for the word foreigner as it is used in English. So F it.
Gaijin just means foreign person. It could become offensive if a Japanese person intended and expressed it to be. Also, IF the majority of foreigners in Japan feel that Japanese people think lowly of non-Japanese people, then gaijin could be thought of as a negative word.
The reason why niger is offensive is because of the way white people used it. It wasn't just to describe the type of person, but it was intended to degrade the black person. Black people can use it with each other when they all know their intention is to mean "my brother".
come back,ORIENTAL !! it sounds yummy, but I don't laugh. still sounds beautiful than to be simply called Asians! that's probably for beautiful young women,mainly thou...
Personally, I feel it just emphasizes how far removed from the culture the person thinks I am. I would be offended if I actual lived there for as long as you.
just a note Japan helped to victims in Alabama ＄100000 and blankets, food and water and some more during the disaster in Japan, for free. USA took money to help Japan but we absolutely don't ! it probably can explain we don't mean nothing badly about gaijin. if we are such haters, we can't go help.
people here don't seem they're extremely Japan haters, but I've been wondering where are those COOL JAPAN LOVERS. seems like they've been all gone! and why is that so.
I was SO distracted by that shirt. o__o So distracted! But amused. Especially when your head shows up on other people's bodies. Hopefully, I'm not the only one who saw this happening. >_> Otherwise I imagine people are asking themselves WTF? right now. Could other people see it? I'm not that creative to hallucinate something like that. <_< I'm just going to assume everyone knows what I'm talking about. ^,^ & I agree with your video. Lots more important things to talk about. Like your shirt!
It has been 2 months now since i moved to Fukuoka and Japanese people do use the word gaijin a lot here. But they use it in a friendly way so i'm never offended. I'm not really easily offended though. Maybe its because i'm European or something.
@gtoyas It is Japanese word culture that a word to simplify briefly, and generalize. the "gaijin" is one of the word shortening culture, not malice. But recognition is spreads out in the Japanese that say directly "gaijin" for foreigner is rude, So, a common-sense Japanese does not say gaijin face-to-face directly. except joke or expression of friendly feeling.
@gtoyas It is Japanese word culture that a word to simplify briefly, and generalize. the "gaijin" is one of the word shortening culture, not malice. But recognition is spreads out in the Japanese that say directly "gaijin" for foreigner is rude, So, a common-sense Japanese does not say gaijin face-to-face directly. except joke or expression of friendly feeling.
I would be offended depending on the use of the word.
Maeikatk 1 week ago
why should you care what someone called you a Gajin they are silly to called you that in the first place with out your money there economy and race will decline faster than George Bush favor with the American public
PartyTomdachi 1 week ago
It depends on the context for sure. Generally I'd say no but it sure can be used in an offensive way.
TheStarrysea 1 week ago
Just smile and blow them a kiss.
thenomadrhodes 1 week ago
gaijin has two different meanings depending on context
foreigner - "you're not from here"
outsider - "you don't belong here and never will"
anime1973 2 weeks ago
no
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TheTeaNinja 2 weeks ago
also, your shirt is awesome! :D
EgosXII 3 weeks ago
I think any grouping can become offensive; but it depends on how its used, and what motivates its use. I think Gaijin is similar to being called Caucasian, or Asian; The N word however has always been more than a solely racial/ethnic term. It is connected to slavery, and essentially to genocide! Gaijin is connected to a person as an outsider, but not connected to that outsider being worthless, or non-human, which the N-word did used to mean (and why it is considered so offensive still)--
EgosXII 3 weeks ago
NO! And, under no circumstance do I believe it is. I don't see the point of getting upset as I value being unique and not blending in with everyone else. Even if one obtains citizenship it is unreasonable to become upset when people mistake that person and assume that they are gaijin. Most gaijin never obtain Japanese citizenship, so why would they assume that one has become a citizen of Japan? I believe that most people are jaded and are looking for a reason to bitch and moan.
KansaiJesse 1 month ago
It depends upon what context it is used in. But, no, I am not normally offended by the word gaijin.
silentsoliloquy82 1 month ago
You made me hungry by the video in your T-Shirt! XD
kaos1109 1 month ago
I don't think the word gaijin is offensive. But I think the japanese way of treating foreigners in everyday situations and how the law and rules are for gaijin, are not the best. Japan needs a lot more foreigners, with a low birthrates and an economy that is not evolving as fast as it should. Open up the country for immigration, and stop being so afraid of new cultures changing your own. And stop being so proud and easily offended. It's a global world, and Japan can't stop evolution.
Enemtee 1 month ago
i just realized in my own culture there is a word for 'white' foreigners. when i think about it, it can be quite insulting if you intend it to, but otherwise it just describe the person.
anyway, any words can be insulting with the wrong intonation, inflection, intention, etc.
MsSunhappy 1 month ago
no, its not
MsSunhappy 1 month ago
Japanese sure are becoming popular internet trolls...well especially on YT..seems a very non-japanese thing to do; i.e u r the ones that are embarrassing.
HwarangXia 1 month ago
I dont find it very offensive, I am currently a gaijin so to be called one while it does irk me at times there are worse you could call me like 'Mick'
psychoticmastermind1 1 month ago
I don't find gaijin offensive. I think you're right, it's not a big deal and there are more important things that foreigners in Japan should worry about. Re: The becoming Japanese thing, that's an interesting point. However, even if a foreigner gained citizenship they would never be considered truly "Japanese." That may change as Japan takes in more and more immigrants, but for now that's the way things are.
agentm83 1 month ago
Didn't know people should be so self conscious about racial slur. If you're easily distracted and offended by slurs obviously you need to find better things to do. Also I'm pretty sure the term gaijin gain its hype with people who lie to themselves about being a Japanese and condemn others. Grow up, you're not JAPANESE, plus Japanese folks are not so hostile. Majority of the time its used by some anime die hard fan who thinks "Japan" culture revolves around it. No offense intended, <3.
ReallyLav 1 month ago
NOPE, not offensive at all. I'm pretty sure Japanese can call us something else IF they wish to be crude. At least I'm perfectly fine with it. Other people on the other hand my react differently. I feel like this ' I can't control how people act, but I can control how I react'. That is now I handle any such situation.(most of the time). Great work Gimmeaflakeman!
Ostracized1 1 month ago 2
Gaijin is not that offensive with no intent behind it.
Seanuk 1 month ago
@Seanuk totally agree with you.
Ostracized1 1 month ago
when i saw the title, i watched and said to myself please dont tell me the n word is spreading in forms. lolz on da real i hope it isnt.
TheShadowBoy15 1 month ago
Not Gaijin but YOU are super offensive to us. Go back to US right now.
kazu20091000 1 month ago
@kazu20091000
Too late. I bought a house here. I'm here FOREVER!!!!
Gimmeaflakeman 1 month ago 19
@Gimmeaflakeman, Don't forget that you're married to a Japanese woman as well. I know how much that irritates some Japanese men.
KansaiJesse 1 month ago
@kazu20091000 You are so foolish!
AngstRiddenAnnoyance 1 week ago
What's the name of that song at the beginning of the video?
CCPcakes 1 month ago
I want to become a citizen of Japan, but I still personally find the word gaijin to be offensive. That is because no matter what I still will be one with a different cultural background. Also, it's going to happen so often that I find it pointless to stress out over little things like that.
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shanest22 1 month ago
pretty much what i get from everything ive seen on your videos and other videos you've sponsored is that japan is a very polite society for the most part. of course you have rotten people everywhere but i truly believe this word isnt bad unlike the n* word which even offends most blacks. keep up with the videos! love them so much!
paradyse1542 1 month ago
Weird how most people here aren't answering your question.
I found it offensive for a while, then got over myself and realized I was in a country where many are ridiculously ignorant and small minded! I live here, made the decision to come here and although there are so many problems here, I have learned to run with things and realize that I am not in Kansas anymore ;)
hunkydorimatty 1 month ago
Chroma key is a lost effect!
SuperTechieJ 1 month ago
I want that shirt
sleepup7931 1 month ago
日本語で話してくれ！
poisanjp 1 month ago
No. The word Gaijin is not steeped in hundreds of years of the same history of negativity, hate, and ignorance.. It's not the type of loaded word that the N-word is.
lynnvryett 1 month ago
You can call somebody a foreigner, but call them a "stupid foreigner" or something, then it would become offensive.
Personally, I think many people these days are overly sensitive to things like this.
Call me a Gaijin.
o0o0o00o00o0o00o0o so offensive~
MochiNyoki 1 month ago
no i don't think its offensive..but the real issue is I CANT FIND THAT AWESOME SHIRT!
aakashh 1 month ago
With "Gaijin", I would say it is the way you intend it to mean. Like the word "Gay" is also used to describe a group of people but jerks use it negitively. With "Nigger", everyone knows where it comes from, what it means, & the fact that it's 100% rasicts. People that think Gaijin is offensive probably have a fantasy about Japan, have never been discriminated against, are not apart of a minority group, and/or don't hang with minorities much. It's kinda like their wake up call to the real world.~
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ここまで日本人に嫌われてどうするんだ、日本語の受け答えも何処か変なのに日本語のレッスンか・・
bit0213 1 month ago
@bit0213
日本人に嫌われているの？笑。そうか。妻に発表しま〜す。
Gimmeaflakeman 1 month ago
@Gimmeaflakeman 妻に発表しま〜す。if you say correctly, 妻に報告します、ぐらいだろうね。
kazu20091000 1 month ago
@kazu20091000
I was trying to be DRAMATIC! I guess those jokes don't work in Japanese. How about 打ち明ける？
Gimmeaflakeman 1 month ago
god this is so funny~! plus the example uahuha xD u went too deep with the example n thats rlly funny xD
IIHevengateII 1 month ago
I think it just depends how one uses it. the only time I found it offensive was when I was in Akiba with a Caucasian friend and one girl with a group of guys yelled gaijin, pointed, and then proceeded to laugh. Her tone was kind of like a "wth" sort of tone so yeah. Other that time, I've never found the word gainjin to be offensive.
SecretAsianGurl 1 month ago
not Japanese, nor do I currently live in japan, intend to later in my life, but not there yet. Think it could be used offensively the same way "foreigner" can be, but provided the person you know, isn't using it in some way like "D*** dirty foreigners, get out of my country", i probably wouldn't be too concerned about it.
drhikarisan 1 month ago
its more like being a Yankees fan in Boston, well I don't mind that well I might be a New York Yankess fan living in Boston so thats OK so anyone coud give it a try !
Embargoman 1 month ago
japaneseshuji100 is a Korean.
kuinosenmonkey 1 month ago
That's a pretty awesome shirt man, where can I buy one?
Aliicapitan 1 month ago
A man can never become a woman(and vice versa), sex change is all in their heads. Your DNA never lies.
Kysen10 1 month ago
Im half but I really think it depends on the tone and situation your in that can make it offensive.
Fallenmoonchild 1 month ago
japaneseshuji100 ←残念。。
mushikera21 1 month ago
oh & you have people on you Oo
42angelstar 1 month ago
Gaijin sounds lot a really cool word like the name of a anime character
42angelstar 1 month ago
No it is not offensive. I am not Japanese. As I understand it means foreigner. That is not offensive that is vocabulary.
IbarakiStyle 1 month ago
I suspect doorbell was planted T_T
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I agree with you, I think the word Gaijin is neutral - it is the context in which it is used that determines if it is offensive or not. Would you compare it to the word "Gringo", used in Mexico, commonly used to refer to Americans?
The word "Yankee" also has an interesting heritage, it's used to refer to Americans, particularly from Northern states, but is originaly Chinese. The original Chinese was "Yang Gwei" meaning Foreign Ghost (or Devil), and applied to any white foreigner.
tprice76 1 month ago
I lived in Japan for about 5 years. I never thought that gaijin was a bad word. I heard many children corrected by there parents or teachers, say "gaikokujin." I think that if your a gaijin then you are always a gaijin. No matter how hard you try to integrate yourself in the Japanese culture, they will always look at you and think gaijin. I am ok with that.
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tprice76 1 month ago
I don't care, if they use in a racist way towards me, i wont care also, i just pity anyone that is racist.
hoylguy11 1 month ago
I think it's a passive form of discrimination. It creates an us versus them scenario. I think where it doesn't seem that Japan is a very violent place, it seems to be engage in passive aggression and discrimination.
punkonthis 1 month ago
I´m a Gaijin, living in Tokyo, and I don´t mind to be called "Gaijin". I actually like it instead. It´s an hilarious word. I totally agree with you! Saludos desde Setagaya!
Pollos2 1 month ago
lmfao the shirt is SOOO distracting!!!
TheRed343 1 month ago
Was that shirt made in japan? Were can I order one?
jakeneko 1 month ago
the shirt.....O.O pure....EPICNESS..!!
pandametal1 1 month ago
im Ainu and yea some are racist at times
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japaneseshuji100 1 month ago
@japaneseshuji100
直接会ってくれる？
Gimmeaflakeman 1 month ago
@Gimmeaflakeman Oh man, I went to that guys channel and laughed at his comments.
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@Gimmeaflakeman
大阪来いよあんごうが
japaneseshuji100 1 month ago
@japaneseshuji100
はい、はい、はい！
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@Gimmeaflakeman
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japaneseshuji100 1 month ago
@japaneseshuji100
お前・・本気？
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@FranksAJATT2
日本に来てガタガタ抜かす害人は日本に来なくていいよ
税金も納めなくて良いからもう国へ帰ってください
ただでさえ人口密度高いんだから害人は日本にいらない
そもそも日本に害人は必要ない
優秀な大和民族のみ存在しておけばいい
万葉集を読めばいかにわれわれ大和民族が神聖な民族かがわかる
japaneseshuji100 1 month ago
@japaneseshuji100
人の寿命は小さすぎなんだろう。したいことをすればいいじゃないか？たとえ外人が日本へ行きたいとか。だからあんなことを誰も気にすることができないと思う。
FranksAJATT2 1 month ago
@japaneseshuji100
その日本人の質を疑われる様な発言を世界中の人が見るようつべですんなよ
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@1985kyogoku
黙れ朝鮮人が
japaneseshuji100 1 month ago
@1985kyogoku
フィード見りゃ分かるが、そもそも日本人じゃないから仕方が無い
takamitsu07 1 month ago
If you want to put things on perspective the first Europeans who arrived in Japan were called "Southern Barbarians", so compared to that gaijin doesn't sound that bad anymore. I suppose gaijin carries some of the previous negative attitudes Japanese used to have (and some people still do) regarding foreigners even if the word by it's meaning isn't offensive.
But personally I don't mind. I would be a lot more offended by being called a southern barbarian. Especially since I'm from the north.
DarthJF 2 months ago
@DarthJF it's curious, since japanese people used to call the ainu tribe "northern barbarians".
i think gaijin might have a negative connotation depending on the context/tone/etc. just like the word okama. guess it just depends on the situation.
puntosuspensivo 1 month ago
As far as I'm concerned, the word "gaijin" is nothing more than a shortened word for foreigner. I don't thing it's got any negative connotation or meaning. Japanese as well as English, recent fashion is to abbreviate everything and in English for example, FYI, BTW, AKA, ASAP, and so on. So gaijin is that version of it.
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あくまでも「外（国）人」という言葉は人を外見により分類することだ。深い意味なんてない。「外人」が差別用語だと思われている外国人は自意識が過剰だけだ・・・と思う。
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aguyinkansai 2 months ago
It all depends on what context the word 外人. As for if it is similar to the word "nigger" or not, I would say that it is not because the word is hardly ever used in a neutral and/or positive way. It has history backing it up; it is racist word for its history. 外人, on the other hand is just a mere word to address foreigners. "So why do Japanese mainly call people of other races 外人?" ... Well, Japan is in East Asia where the dominant race is Asian (those that were born in the east).
aguyinkansai 2 months ago
It's easy to be offended but I think it's depends more on how it's said and under what circumstances.
jishingaaru 2 months ago
うちのアメリカ人の妻は、アメリカにいる間は俺を外人と呼ぶ。何か失敗した時「俺は外人だからわかんないんだよ」、で見逃してもらう。 試しに外国で日本人を見た時に外人と呼んでみなよ。誰も怒らないから。
jcyg7 2 months ago
I don't see why they can't use the word Gaijin, unless it is in a derogatory manner.
Kir0l 2 months ago
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If you don't like being called a gaijin by a Japanese person, and you think they meant it offensively, then prove to them why they should accept you by responding with maturity, and not getting pissed off
marioman756 3 months ago
I have never had a problem with words that are supposed to be racially offensive to my nationality. I have never been offended at hearing the term "cracker" and I'm pretty sure I would not be offended at being called a gaijin since, why? Mainly because...that's right you guessed it.....I AM a gaijin. For good or bad, I was NOT born in japan, therefore, even if I live there for 30 years I would still technically be a gaijin. Truth hurts sometimes, but just accept it....
marioman756 3 months ago
Hi I was one of million people willing to say 'G' word when I was so young.
I like your video and your attitude that you don't shy away from controversial!
Looks like you have lived and paid taxed in Japan for 2 decades, even if not
you can always stand against because you have right to have a say<of course! But what the people live in different country tend to be more sensitive to racial discrimination is true.
I hope you will keep enjoying in japan! BTW Would your laptop be MacBook Pro? lol
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ObedWanKenobi 3 months ago
@ObedWanKenobi
Wow. You leave the same comment on every video. How... unimaginative.
Gimmeaflakeman 3 months ago 19
@Gimmeaflakeman about the video, i say it's offensive cause it's not cool to call someone of color or race such nicknames like the "n" word.
9mandazi9 1 month ago
@ObedWanKenobi discussing racism.... is racist??? lmao it's like an infinite loop or something
ratfinkskates 1 month ago
I think Louis CK does a good and funny job in explaining offensive words. His premise is that a words are nothing but tools much like scissors, hammer, or crowbar. It's the intent behind a particular word that can be offensive. Case in point, you used the word "nigger" in your vlog. You didn't use it with any malice whatsoever. Yet some knuckledragging idiot can easily use the word to spread vitriol towards another human being. But back to my thoughts....
Cirris 3 months ago
@Cirris Unless Gaijin is being used as an outright insult, i don't see a problem with the word itself. It would be silly for the Japanese people to stop using something that's been established as "foreign person" for generations. I mean if they outlaw the word, people will just come up with a new term for non-Japanese people living in Japan.
Cirris 3 months ago
俺たち日本人は外人という言葉を差別とか悪意があって使っているわけじゃないのを誤解しないでほしい。既に生まれてきたときから一般的に定着してる言葉なだけであって、ほとんどの日本人はこの言葉の由来自体を意識すらしてないのが大半だろう。外国人の用いるjapやchinkとかの差別語とは根本的に異なる。
dongorigariigo 3 months ago
軽蔑の意味の差別なら変えるべきだが、アメリカの基準に従えと？
TK931112 3 months ago
アメリカへ帰ったら?
SHININGSPIRITJAPAN 3 months ago
where can i buy that shirt?
BakuhatsuShojo 4 months ago
この外人、山手線ハロウィンを潰されてからすっかり反日になったね
SDHSYS 4 months ago
@SDHSYS
僕は名古屋に住んでいる。山手線ハロウィン電車に乗ったことない。今年どうなった？
それに文句を言うと「反日！」って？ アメリカのことよく批判しているけど、一回も「反米」っていわれたことない。君は日本は「パーフェクトだ！」と思っている？ 自分の国に対して文句言わないと逆にもうGIVE UPしたんだじゃい？文句を言うことはいいことだと思わない？もう２０年間ここに住んでいて、税金も払っているし、日本人と外人も雇ってる。僕も意見を言ってもいいじゃない？
Gimmeaflakeman 4 months ago 5
@Gimmeaflakeman its like the debate in the united states where blacks or African Americans and whites should be called such but called Americans.
bishop51807 2 months ago
@Gimmeaflakeman さんへ
貴方の考えは基本が間違っている。日本人の殆どは貴方のようなアメリカ人のように意味も無く他者を否定しない。勿論、日本は完璧じゃない、自分の国に対しても日本人の問題だから非難も抗議もする。文句を言われるのは相手の立場や違いを理解出来て無いから否定される。そして別に日本人は貴方に日本に住んでくれと願ってない、貴方の自由意思で日本に住んでいる以上は税金を収めるのは当然だし、貴方は日本国籍を持っていない以上は日本に住まわせて貰っている存在でしかない。雇用に関しては雇っている方が偉くない、お互いが尊重し感謝する関係が日本流の基本的な考え。貴方の意見は権利ばかりを主張し義務に対しての考え方が間違っている。貴方の発言は意見とは言わず愚痴と言う。多くの日本人が若し貴方の行動や言動に反日との感情を持つのなら、私達が変わるのでは無く、貴方自身が変わる努力を先ずするのが当然、貴方は外人なのですからね。私が若しアメリカに住んでいたら義務を果たしアメリカに深い感謝をしても中傷はしない。自分の何が悪いのか教えて貰うように努力をする。それが嫌ならどうぞお帰りください。
bit0213 1 month ago
Actually... In the US blatantly calling someone a "foreigner" isn't polite... Even if the person in question IS a foreigner, it's still considered rude to say it directly to them...
It has to do with our more ethnically diverse society. Most Americans today are the descendants of "foreigners" anyway. So... Many people carry that to Japan and find Gaijin either rude or unsettling.
From the norm Japanese POV... I'm a foreigner of the US although I was born in the US and I'm not a Native American
Xilosphere 4 months ago
depends
giugnhgbvinierngvb89 4 months ago
A single word is never offensive until a majority of people believe it to be.
For example, what exactly is a twat?
Offensive?
Why?
Because the majority of people believe it to be.
If you had never heard the word and someone called you a twat you could only interpret the word in the context in which it was used and that is the key. Context.
Likewise Nigger. Rap artists use the word these days to refer to a “brother” or kindred soul in this context it is hardly racist or offensive.
spectre750 4 months ago
by the way, i love ur shirts but after a while it hurts my eyes...xD
akirarararaable 4 months ago
1st time watching ur vid. Lucky to have someone funny like u here in japan !! tks for ur messages about japan !!!
from one sendai citizen
akirarararaable 4 months ago
外人だけで，別に失礼じゃないんだろう。言い方次第ですね。
ただ英語での「Foreigner」って言う意味だけじゃないのですか？
PathogenProductions 4 months ago 2
Even if they mean to be, some times words wont even be said to mean so... And who cares? Its their own special little piece of isolated island. They can do whatever they want, the standards here are not the same as in other countries on this planet that we might know.
ferreiradimitri 5 months ago
I did not have to look up the word gaijin to know it is offensive but I am not offended by it. All you need in Japan to deal with someone who tries to offend you is to stare at the person without saying anything, no smile, no frowning , no answer just a blank stare, they will start to wonder if you'll kill their cat or push them under a train. Scarriest thing ever. Or maybe it is because I'm black and everyone thinks I own a gun XD
Cutejapanvids 5 months ago
@Cutejapanvids That's hilarious!
Xilosphere 4 months ago
Nigger is meant to be offensive, Gaijin is not, if you cant tolerate being called an "alien/foreigner" then you're a big wuss
Cptraktorn 5 months ago
So if it's okay for Japanese people to call foreigners "gaijin", is it then okay for (English-speaking) foreigners to call Japanese "Japs"? If it is, I'm just gonna let loose... saying "Japanese" all the time, mendokusai!
greatsdren 5 months ago
awesome shirt, very distracting.
for me the use of gaijin in Japan is similar to the use of gringo/gringa in Spain and countries of Central and South America. i don't find any of them offensive
(with my pale skin i would be spotted as a foreigner in any of those places).
if only i would get to visit them in my lifetime....
also, if i could live in another country, Spain and Japan would be my choices.
djuna13 5 months ago in playlist More videos from Gimmeaflakeman
I was born a gaijin and I will remain one till the day I die (heck, even beyond that). What I make with it is up to me. It is just a word, and even more important: It is the truth. If one implies hostility in it, it's his problem.
Belikel 5 months ago
--BTW, The article was inspired after I tweeted a dumb joke. I said you could tell Kan was about to resign because I looked in Metropolis and saw he was having a DAIJIN SALE (*rim shot) -- then I explained the joke (DAIJIN/GAIJIN) and a Debito fan began sending me obnoxious protest tweets over the use of the word... So I began to reflect on what it meant to be a foreign in Japan (to me).
EddieLandsberg 5 months ago
Ahhhhhhhh, that's why the story got so many hits! (Viva Doc Rusty -- I wrote music for him.) --My main point is that some people often project their own personal issues onto society, and it results in a type of negativism where all Japanese are viewed as racist. After the Professor's comments I try to dramatize how people may see racism by connecting things that have absolutely nothing to do with what's actually going on. The article's really an appeal against that kind of negativity.
EddieLandsberg 5 months ago
But I am a jew... 0-o?
katsygirl28 5 months ago
オヤジーズとかきもいし笑えない
ウザい外人はまさしくあなたのような人
miyu1169 5 months ago 2
失礼じゃないし
普通にみんなが使う言葉
外から来た人だから外人なのよわかる？
miyu1169 5 months ago 15
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でも・・・たとえば皆さんと同じなりたかったらまだ「外人」と呼ばれるとはなんか寂しいでしょう？誰も認めくれなくて感じだし。
FranksAJATT2 1 month ago
I am a ryuugakusei in Hokkaido, but I don't find it to offensive because I feel it just covers all those who do not look Japanese.... I have not been called that yet, but when I call myself one all the Japanese people around me laugh.
travelboundchic 5 months ago
2:28 thats in the movie where they think they're gonna die.
Cartman says, "sorry I called you Jew" to Kyle
And Kyle answers "I am a Jew"
and Cartmen returns "don't be so hard on yourself"
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I think it might depend on how it is meant. Intent is everything. If someone is asking are you a gaijin because they need to know if you are foreign for some specific necessary purpose, maybe directing foreign visitors to the right place entering Japan, then that is probably no offense meant. I thought the if you wanted to be nationalized is silly. You can't get a Japanese transplant. Even if you get documented as a citizen somehow, you're still what you are and should be proud of that.
gertie2u2 5 months ago
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In my opinion, I'll never be a Japanese person as hard as I try. The word 外人is derived from the arguably more polite 外国人which more or less defines you and I as a person who is not native to Japan and is from a different country. So I accept this word for what it is and what it is able to express within the constraints oft the Japanese language. I give credence to the way it is used and or said in certain situations, but I also do the same for the word foreigner as it is used in English. So F it.
watsursnbaby 5 months ago
In my opinion, I'll never be a Japanese person as hard as I try. The word 外人is derived from the arguably more polite 外国人which more or less defines you and I as a person who is not native to Japan and is from a different country. So I accept this word for what it is and what it is able to express within the constraints oft the Japanese language. I give credence to the way it is used and or said in certain situations, but I also do the same for the word foreigner as it is used in English. So F it.
watsursnbaby 5 months ago
i dont think so but being a foreigner is fairly normal and okay in america i guess it depends if you like foreigners or not if its offensive
Zinnca 5 months ago
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Gaijin just means foreign person. It could become offensive if a Japanese person intended and expressed it to be. Also, IF the majority of foreigners in Japan feel that Japanese people think lowly of non-Japanese people, then gaijin could be thought of as a negative word.
jinamerica 5 months ago
The reason why niger is offensive is because of the way white people used it. It wasn't just to describe the type of person, but it was intended to degrade the black person. Black people can use it with each other when they all know their intention is to mean "my brother".
jinamerica 5 months ago
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@dekkkkaimara
あなたが日本語を正しく使えないことの何処に私の責任があるのですか？私はあなたの日本語の先生ではありません、ご自身の日本語力不足はご自身で補ってください
>ちなみにわたしがジャップというときは単にJAPANESEの略語としてつかってません。
>ではどういう意味で使っているのですか？
>はい？JAPANESE=JAP=日本人？
この矛盾が理解できますか？この程度の日本語理解では「外人」含む日本語を議論する以前の問題です、正しい日本語を身につけて出直してきてください
何度も言いますが私はあなたの日本語の先生ではありませんので間違いの指摘は今回限りです、ご自身で勉強しなおすかより良い先生について日本語を教わってきてください
mesonaki 5 months ago
"Gaijin" is not it discriminatory terms. But politely said "Gaikokujin" nor does it.
if they are not japanese, they are gaijin for us.That's it,
Really, why they over-reacting the word "gaijin"? No idea.
sumraiaasa 5 months ago
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もう、外人｡が嫌いならそれでいいんじゃない?外人と呼ばないでっていうドラマでも作れば？
originallove911 5 months ago
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come back,ORIENTAL !! it sounds yummy, but I don't laugh. still sounds beautiful than to be simply called Asians! that's probably for beautiful young women,mainly thou...
originallove911 5 months ago
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おーっ! 少し、日本人らしくなってきたかなw
originallove911 5 months ago
im sorry, i was looking into your shirt the whole video.. :(
( bad adhd..)
cara28mel 5 months ago
Hebrews Are you trying to incite me? Who are "You people"
The rest of your statement is incomprehesible
Donegaldan 5 months ago
「外人」という言葉に差別的な意味など無いと思います
ただ、より丁寧さを求める時には「外国人」を使うんじゃないでしょうか
snt627 5 months ago 3
だれかが僕に「おい〜白いやつ」と言われたらちょっと失礼だと思うけど、「外人」とか言われたら大丈夫です。
To be honest though, unless someone calls me 異星人（笑）、I don't really care, it's just words.
JteeFacey 5 months ago
I would rather be called Gaikokujin over Gaijin.
astrocientista 5 months ago
Personally, I feel it just emphasizes how far removed from the culture the person thinks I am. I would be offended if I actual lived there for as long as you.
Gaikokujin = foreigner
Gaijin = outsider
bgiv2010 5 months ago
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bgiv2010 5 months ago
@dekkkkaimara
別に私は小さい人間でも構いませんが、あなたはこれからまた恥をかかないように日本語の勉強をし直すことをお勧めします
それと罵り合いには興味ありませんので相手はできません、あしからず
mesonaki 5 months ago
@dekkkkaimara
私の発言とご自身の発言を良く読み返してください、間違いに気づくはずです
その間違いがわからないなら日本語を勉強し直してください、「外人」を議論する以前の問題です
そして私はあなたの日本語の先生ではありません、どうぞご自身の力で日本語を学んできてください
その時初めて「外人」についての議論ができると思います
mesonaki 5 months ago
テレビでは『外人』と言うと
必ず『外国人』というテロップになってます。
私の知ってる限り生放送では外人と言っても
『不適切な表現がありました』
というテロップは見たことが無いですね。
またテロップを使わない番組も同様ですね。
zatsunayatsu15 5 months ago
God..... Not this again....!!
japundit 5 months ago
@dekkkkaimara
私の返信をよく読んでその上で返信してください
あなたが「JAP」を使いたいならご自由にどうぞ、実際に英語圏以外で「JAP」を略語として使い通用する国もあります、聞き手に知識があって文脈や状況が合致して話し手にモラルがあれば意味はきちんと通じるでしょう
既に似たようなことを言っているのでよく読み返して見てください
>わたしも外人とほざくジャップからモラルを感じませんが？
そうですか、では「外人」を使う日本人のモラルはその日本人に任せてあなたは日本語の勉強をし直してください、上のようにこちらが言ってる事を理解されていないようです
これは「外人」についての論議以前の問題なのでそちらで解決してください
日本語が理解できるようになってからそれでも「外人」が差別用語に聞こえたならその時は発言者に注意してください、その人のモラルが欠如している可能性があります
大変面倒な事かもしれませんが、過去に説明する努力、相手に学んでもらうための努力を怠った結果が現在の誤解を生んでいるように思います
あなたが日本語を正しく勉強することで誤解が解消することを願っています
mesonaki 5 months ago
@dekkkkaimara
>ちなみにわたしがジャップというときは単にJAPANESEの略語としてつかってません。
ではどういう意味で使っているのですか？
mesonaki 5 months ago
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we never show it off. we usually never say we helped. but this time, I personaly did something different by my own will. thx.
originallove911 5 months ago
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just a note Japan helped to victims in Alabama ＄100000 and blankets, food and water and some more during the disaster in Japan, for free. USA took money to help Japan but we absolutely don't ! it probably can explain we don't mean nothing badly about gaijin. if we are such haters, we can't go help.
originallove911 5 months ago
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people here don't seem they're extremely Japan haters, but I've been wondering where are those COOL JAPAN LOVERS. seems like they've been all gone! and why is that so.
originallove911 5 months ago
@dekkkkaimara
それはそうだね。
友達とかで気にしないひととかいるからね。
だからこそフジテレビの「jap」は問題だよね。
nakanisimasaki 5 months ago
@dekkkkaimara
じゃあジャップも外人もアメ公もシナも駄目でいいってことね。
nakanisimasaki 5 months ago
I was SO distracted by that shirt. o__o So distracted! But amused. Especially when your head shows up on other people's bodies. Hopefully, I'm not the only one who saw this happening. >_> Otherwise I imagine people are asking themselves WTF? right now. Could other people see it? I'm not that creative to hallucinate something like that. <_< I'm just going to assume everyone knows what I'm talking about. ^,^ & I agree with your video. Lots more important things to talk about. Like your shirt!
TwystedDreams 5 months ago
@dekkkkaimara
じゃあお前は外人とジャップは差別用語と考えるの？
そうじゃないの？
そしてシナも差別用語にするの？
どうする？
nakanisimasaki 5 months ago
It has been 2 months now since i moved to Fukuoka and Japanese people do use the word gaijin a lot here. But they use it in a friendly way so i'm never offended. I'm not really easily offended though. Maybe its because i'm European or something.
Generaldude 5 months ago
@dekkkkaimara
わたしも外人とほざくジャップからモラルを感じませんが？
え？この発言そんな内容じゃないだろ。
そもそもお前って「シナ」も差別用語って言ってなかったっけ？
nakanisimasaki 5 months ago
@dekkkkaimara
わたしも外人とほざくジャップからモラルを感じませんが？
ジャップは良くて外人は駄目なんだ。
nakanisimasaki 5 months ago
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Japanese の略称としては使ってないんですね？はぁ、そりゃそうでしょうね。韓国人は日本人を倒したい、儲けたいだけですからね。
originallove911 5 months ago
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Foreighner is Foreighner, Gaijin is gaijin, but Aliens or Japs or niggers. children has been looking at you,parents.
originallove911 5 months ago
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as long as folks call folks JAP, they don't deserve anything ,anyone. what Jesus Crist told you, ever ????!
originallove911 5 months ago
言葉を短縮して簡略化し、一般化するのが日本の言葉文化です。「ガイジン」は、その言葉の短縮文化の一つで、悪意が有るわけではありません。でも、外国人に「ガイジン」と言うのは失礼だ、という事が日本人には広まっているので、常識的な日本人は、面と向かって「ガイジン」とは言いません。冗談や親しみの表現意外では。
gtoyas 5 months ago 2
@gtoyas It is Japanese word culture that a word to simplify briefly, and generalize. the "gaijin" is one of the word shortening culture, not malice. But recognition is spreads out in the Japanese that say directly "gaijin" for foreigner is rude, So, a common-sense Japanese does not say gaijin face-to-face directly. except joke or expression of friendly feeling.
gtoyas 5 months ago
@gtoyas It is Japanese word culture that a word to simplify briefly, and generalize. the "gaijin" is one of the word shortening culture, not malice. But recognition is spreads out in the Japanese that say directly "gaijin" for foreigner is rude, So, a common-sense Japanese does not say gaijin face-to-face directly. except joke or expression of friendly feeling.
gtoyas 5 months ago