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Originally Posted by chachava
And nobody answered my other question... why is the shortened 'gaijin' form ok, but if I use 'Jap' or 'Nip' then they are racially offensive terms?
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I'm assuming that you are from Europe or somewhere, right?
Cos Jap and Nip were commonly used during the WWII referring to Japanese people and it contained so much hate back then.
If you come from a country which was directly involved with Japan during the WWII, you should know why and where these two words originated from.
Of course it is understandable why people used it back then but if you use these words nowadays, it is nothing but racist.
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Originally Posted by chachava
I don't know if it means anything, but my girlfriend is from Akita and not Tokyo so might be a different situation there as they are not as mixed with foreigners
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Akita is very much country side and there are almost non foreigners living there.
Both of my parents come from Akita so I know that people in Akita are good people and they are country folks.
And because of that, they are very naive.
Your g/f could be typical Akita native just like my folks.