Word Meaning 外国人

がいこくじん gaikokujin

外国人 is read as がいこくじん (gaikokujin) and means foreigner.

Meaning

English

  1. foreigner
  2. foreign citizen
  3. foreign national
  4. alien
  5. non-Japanese

Reading

Kana

がいこくじん

Romaji

gaikokujin

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Related Words 爆買い,中国人,観光客,外国人旅行者,インバウンド,円安 Rank 3188 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

外国人持株比率

がいこくじんもちかぶひりつ

foreign stock ownership ratio

外国人登録証明書

がいこくじんとうろくしょうめいしょ

certificate of alien registration

中国人民対外友好協会

ちゅうごくじんみんたいがいゆうこうきょうかい

Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries

外人

がいじん

outsider

外国

がいこく

foreign country

外国語

がいこくご

foreign language

国人

くにうど

daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)

中国人

ちゅうごくじん

Chinese person

外人部隊

がいじんぶたい

Foreign Legion

外国部隊

がいこくぶたい

overseas (military forces)

外国企業

がいこくきぎょう

foreign business

外国株

がいこくかぶ

foreign stock

Example Sentences

10

このまちにはがいこくじんがおおいです。

There are many foreigners in this town.

I am a foreigner.

Foreign people intrigue me.

We aren't foreigners.

The hotel has a lot of foreign guests.

The audience were all foreigners.

The hotel is full of foreigners.

His wife seems to be foreign.

She is married to a foreigner.

Can foreign students join this club?