人外

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	外
じん Grade: 1	がい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) じんがい [jíꜜǹgàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩŋɡa̠i]

Noun

人外 (hiragana じんがい, katakana ジンガイ, rōmaji jingai, historical hiragana じんぐわい, historical katakana ジングワイ)

the middle of nowhere; a deserted place
inhuman characteristics
(derogatory) foreign origin
- 2000 August 10, Andō, Yūma; Asaki, Masashi, “ＢＲＥＡＫブレイク.39　痛つう恨こんの国くに光みつ‥ [BREAK.39 When Kunimitsu Has Remorse‥]”, in サイコメトラーEIJIエイジ [Psychometrer EIJI], volume 24 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
  でも——可 (か)愛 (わい)いですね　このジンガイのガキ
  Demo—— kawaii desu ne kono jingai no gaki
  However—— this foreign kid’s pretty cute, don’t ya think
  チッ　ロリコンが
  Chih rorikon ga
  Yeesh, you pedophile

Usage notes

This is an example of a word that can be spelled with katakana to convey an informal conversational tone, as ジンガイ.

Anagrams

外 (がい)人 (じん) (gaijin)

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