Thank you to Robert Chamberot who gave me the proper spelling
Gaijin is a contraction of the Japanese word gaikokujin which means
foreigner. see http://www.faqs.org/faqs/japan/faq/section-18.html for a
discussion on whether it is a derogatory term.
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Colleen C. Manning
Law Reference Librarian
Taggart Law Library
Ohio Northern University
Ada, OH 45810
c-manning@onu.edu
(419) 772-2251
(419) 772-1875 (fax)
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