Eigo-jin? I don’t know that Eigo-jin is a word, but I have to admit my Japanese vocabulary is
limited. Eigo means English
(language). Jin at the end denotes
nationality, as in Amerikajin for
American and Nihonjin for
Japanese. Are all English speaking
people, from whatever country, called Eigo-jin?
I don’t know.
2 comments:
I have never heard such a word and think it was the boy's way of saying: Hello Foreigner. Gaijin (foreigner, person form outside Japan) can sound rude. To make it politer an adult would add 'san' to address a foreigner, Gaijin-san, but a child might not. Either way, the boy's vocabulary created a whole blog post, so it was good that you met him!
Happy vocabulary hunting!
I only studied Japanese for 2 years, but I was an Eigo-jin - but that's because I am English. I'm sure it's because they didn't know what nationality you were so plumped for English.
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