Word Meaning 御雇外国人

おやといがいこくじん oyatoigaikokujin

御雇外国人 is read as おやといがいこくじん (oyatoigaikokujin) and means hired foreigner.

Meaning

English

hired foreigner
foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era

Reading

Kana

おやといがいこくじん

Romaji

oyatoigaikokujin

Writing Variants

お雇い外国人 おやといがいこくじん oyatoigaikokujin
御雇い外国人 おやといがいこくじん oyatoigaikokujin

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 39 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 83290 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

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外国人

がいこくじん

foreigner

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

御用人

ごようにん

manager

御用商人

ごようしょうにん

purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)

御家人

ごけにん

immediate vassal (of the shogun; Kamakura and Muromachi periods)

県外人

けんがいじん

person from outside the prefecture

雇人

やといにん

employee

御種人参

おたねにんじん

Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)

国人

くにうど

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

外人

がいじん

outsider