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What a Japanese person actually thinksReads as a deliberate statement, which it has to be. Some Japanese people will find it funny and self-aware; others will find it uncomfortable that you're wearing a word they've been told not to use.
Meaning
- Literally
- outside + person
- Actually
- Foreigner — a clipped form of 外国人 that many people consider mildly rude, precisely because it says 'outsider' rather than 'person from another country'.
Scores
Naturalness●●●●●
Correct and extremely common in speech, with an ongoing debate about whether it's impolite.
Coolness●●●●●
Works only as knowing irony. As a sincere identity statement it lands badly.
Watch out
- mediumJapanese media guidelines generally prefer 外国人. Wearing the clipped form makes a point whether you intend one or not.
On skin
外人
Orientation: either
Brush, if the irony is the plan.