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The word "Gaijin"

04-21-2003, 10:33 AM

impetus

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Quote:

Originally Posted by anarchistguy

In some issues of the Mirage comics, I've often seen The Shredder call the Turtles Gaijin. Could someone tell me what it means? Thanks.

Gaijin is Japanese, an abbreviated form of "Gaikokujin". "Gaikoku" is foreign, "Jin" is person. So there you have it.

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