Examples of gaijin in a Sentence
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It’s designed with Japanese quality standards, not for gaijin (or outsider) palates, to which many of the chain hotels in Kyoto are increasingly appealing.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Apr. 2026
In Japan, a gaijin (foreigner) is on their own.
—Jeremy O. Harris, Vanity Fair, 1 Apr. 2026
After seven years of living in Tokyo, sad-sack American expat Phillip Vandarploeug (Fraser) is still an outsider – or gaijin, as he’s called by the locals.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
Western ‘gaijin’ are heading to Japan in record numbers lately – when the cherry blossoms bloomed this April, there were 43% more American tourists in the country than in April 2024.
—New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
Mercifully, the gaijin of it all isn’t used to poke fun at Japanese customs, or to raise an eyebrow at the country’s unorthodox solution to the social crisis at hand.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
At Club Polina, Samantha’s mournfully packing things up when Misaki appears at her door, looking for her tall gaijin.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2024
Some gaijin, like Kelly Luce and Pico Iyer, had been touched by Japanese culture deeply enough to write about it.
—Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 30 Apr. 2020
Teams play in most of the major tourist destinations all over the country, the tickets are cheap, and the friendly fans tolerate gaijin, or foreigners.
—Byron Tau, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2018
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Apr. 2026
In Japan, a gaijin (foreigner) is on their own.
—Jeremy O. Harris, Vanity Fair, 1 Apr. 2026
After seven years of living in Tokyo, sad-sack American expat Phillip Vandarploeug (Fraser) is still an outsider – or gaijin, as he’s called by the locals.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
Western ‘gaijin’ are heading to Japan in record numbers lately – when the cherry blossoms bloomed this April, there were 43% more American tourists in the country than in April 2024.
—New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
Mercifully, the gaijin of it all isn’t used to poke fun at Japanese customs, or to raise an eyebrow at the country’s unorthodox solution to the social crisis at hand.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
At Club Polina, Samantha’s mournfully packing things up when Misaki appears at her door, looking for her tall gaijin.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2024
Some gaijin, like Kelly Luce and Pico Iyer, had been touched by Japanese culture deeply enough to write about it.
—Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 30 Apr. 2020
Teams play in most of the major tourist destinations all over the country, the tickets are cheap, and the friendly fans tolerate gaijin, or foreigners.
—Byron Tau, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2018
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“Gaijin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gaijin. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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