人外

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	外
じん Grade: 1	がい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じ​んがい [jíꜜǹgàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩŋɡa̠i]

Noun

人(じん)外(がい) or 人外(ジンガイ) • (jingai) ^{←じんぐわい (zingwai) or ジングワイ (zingwai)?}

1. the middle of nowhere; a deserted place
2. inhuman characteristics
3. (fiction) character who is not human
4. (derogatory) foreign origin
   • 2000 August 10, Yūma Andō with Asaki, Masashi, “BREAK(ブレイク).39(さんじゅうきゅう)　痛(つう)恨(こん)の国(くに)光(みつ)‥ [Break 39: When Kunimitsu Has Remorse...]”, in サイコメトラーEIJI(エイジ) [Psychometrer Eiji], volume 24 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:

     でも——可(か)愛(わい)いですね　このジンガイのガキ

     Demo—— kawaii desu ne kono jingai no gaki

     However — this foreign kid’s pretty cute, don’t ya think?

     チッ　ロリコンが

     Chi' rorikon ga

     Yeesh, you pedo

Usage notes

• This is an example of a word that can be spelled with katakana to convey an informal conversational tone, as ジンガイ.

Anagrams

• 外(がい)人(じん) (gaijin)