JLPT N5 · Noun

外国人 (gaikokujin)

外国人 (がいこくじん, gaikokujin) is a Japanese noun meaning “foreigner; foreign citizen”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: がいこくじん
Romaji: gaikokujin
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese · noun

Example sentences

「居住外国人」とは、どういう意味ですか。

What does "resident alien" mean?

Tatoeba #236326

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 外国人

外

outsideガイ・ゲ・そと・ほか · 5 strokes

国

countryコク・くに · 8 strokes

人

personジン・ニン・ひと・-り · 2 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 外国人.

外そとoutside外ほかanother place外国がいこくforeign country郊外こうがいsuburb以外いがいexcluding案外あんがいunexpectedly意外いがいunexpected海外かいがいforeign外交がいこうdiplomacy外出がいしゅつgoing out例外れいがいexception外すはずすto remove外れるはずれるto be disconnected外がいoutside ...

Source: JMdict entry 1203650 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.