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Originally Posted by JamboP26
It IS an interesting topic. Despite being the actual translation of 'foreigner', I think a lot of bad press has turned it negative. If somebody shouts 'Gaijin', shout back 'Nihonjin', and see what happens. hahahahaha. I've never had the fortune of meeting a Japanese person in person (I'm hoping uni will change that. lol) but I'm sure with there great humour, it will cause a laugh or to, not directed at you, of course. lol
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Hi, Jambo.
Actually, most Japanese people would not feel anything if you shout “Nihonjin”.
In the first place, there are not any malevolent intentions saying “gaijin”, so Japanese people would like to be called Nihonjin when you are smiling.
And the Japanese would say, “Hello, hello, nice to meet you! You speak Japanese! Great!”, if the person can speak English.
By the way, that does uni? Is it University?