異国人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
異 国 人
い
Grade: 6		 こく
Grade: 2		 じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Combination of ikoku "foreign country" and jin "person".

Noun

異国人 (hiragana いこくじん, rōmaji ikokujin)

  1. a person from a foreign country; an alien, a foreign national; a person who is not Japanese
    • 1603-1604: Nippo Jisho (page 329)
      Icocujin. イコクジン 外国人、あるいは、他国の人

Synonyms

References

  • Doi, Tadao (1980) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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