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[Imagine: you could be born there (to foreign parents), lived there since forever, and people still treat you like a "guest".]

that is another story. i can understand they hate being called gaijin whatever the races they belongs to.(even if there arent many races other than yellow in japan)because they r not gaijins. but those who werent born in Japan, and just visiting japan temporary are gaijins. this is simply because they came from outside japan. and this is what the word "gaijin" literally means.

how dare u complain about the word! many people come to japan, dont even try to learn japanese language. THEY ARE gaijins.
they dont know japanese language, so why do u complain. japanese pple know the meaning of the word so much better than they do, and "gaijin" simply means "people from different countries"

i apologize for being a bit harsh. i do know there are also many pple who try very hard to adapt themselves to japanese culture and language, but still dont like to be called "gaijin". but ill continue using the word even to my closest "gaijin" friend, bucause he came from a different country.