異国人

Japanese
Kanji in this term
異 国 人
い
Grade: 6		 こく
Grade: 2		 じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
異國人 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

異国 (ikoku, “foreign country”) +‎ 人 (jin, “person”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いこく​じん [ìkókúꜜjìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [iko̞kɯ̟ᵝʑĩɴ]

Noun

異(い)国(こく)人(じん) • (ikokujin) 

  1. a person from a foreign country; an alien, a foreign national, a foreigner; 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
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  • Doi, Tadao (1980) [1603-1604] Hōyaku Nippo Jisho, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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