Ahega
ツ『ツ〜ツ?。ツ〜ツ』
- 3 Dec 2006
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Personally I don't care to be called "Gajin" though in my presence it never happened to me. I was either called by my name or my relation to another person.
There was conversation with a Japanese friend of mine and we talked about my experience at a club and how my friends and me have been "targeted". He said something along the lines that we're very attracting and my response was "I guess because we're gaijin." I choose that word because for me it really had nothing to do with my nationality but just with the fact that I'm obviously not Japanese. Also I, too find it more convenient to type or say "gajin" instead of "gaikokujin".
Though I think it really depends on how it's said. There surely is a rude way to say "gaijin" which carries negative feelings but due to my experiences and those of friends it's mostly used to define the person. Like when they'd say "this person" it won't be clear if it is a foreigner or not they're talking about.
There was conversation with a Japanese friend of mine and we talked about my experience at a club and how my friends and me have been "targeted". He said something along the lines that we're very attracting and my response was "I guess because we're gaijin." I choose that word because for me it really had nothing to do with my nationality but just with the fact that I'm obviously not Japanese. Also I, too find it more convenient to type or say "gajin" instead of "gaikokujin".
Though I think it really depends on how it's said. There surely is a rude way to say "gaijin" which carries negative feelings but due to my experiences and those of friends it's mostly used to define the person. Like when they'd say "this person" it won't be clear if it is a foreigner or not they're talking about.