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「外人」って失礼? Is the "G"- word Japan's "N" - w o r d ?

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  • Not Gaijin but YOU are super offensive to us. Go back to US right now.

  • @kazu20091000

    Too late. I bought a house here. I'm here FOREVER!!!!

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  • @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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  • Just smile and blow them a kiss.

  • @kazu20091000 You are so foolish!

  • gaijin has two different meanings depending on context

    foreigner - "you're not from here"

    outsider - "you don't belong here and never will"

  • no

  • also, your shirt is awesome! :D

  • 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.

  • @Gimmeaflakeman, Don't forget that you're married to a Japanese woman as well. I know how much that irritates some Japanese men.

  • It depends upon what context it is used in. But, no, I am not normally offended by the word gaijin.

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