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Gaijin [r]: (外人, literally 'outside person') controversial Japanese word used to mean 'foreigner', sometimes with the connotation of 'outsider', especially as an abbreviation of the later term gaikokujin (外国人, literally 'outside country person', i.e. 'foreigner'); listed as inappropriate by most Japanese media organisations.