I read a word a long time ago related to 外人

[ClarkH]

Hello,

I think this barely passes as a "learning Japanese" thread, but I think this is still the best place to put it. A long time ago, I was reading some website or book that was explaining the term 外人, 外国人, and another term. The other term had a meaning of, "foreigner who does not act like a foreigner." i.e., it was a term for foreigners that were seen as totally assimilated in Japan. It seemed like a more endearing term, if I remember the description correctly. Does anyone know the word I am thinking of?

Thank you,
Clark

 

[Mike Cash]

変な外人 perhaps?

 

[ClarkH]

That seems pretty appropriate, but is it an endearing term? Perhaps endearing and 外人 don't go together... Maybe just, 変な外人 is less repulsive than 外人?