English
kaijin
Kaijin comes from Japanese 怪人 ‘strange or mysterious person’.
- Japanesemodern怪人かいじん, kaijin‘strange or mysterious person’
- Englishtodaykaijin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Japanesemodern怪人かいじん, kaijin‘strange or mysterious person’
- Englishtodaykaijin
A compound of 怪 ‘strange, fantastic’ + 人 ‘person’
Every English word from Japanese 怪人
Today it means
noun A fictional humanoid monster as a typical antagonist in tokusatsu media.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 怪人 / kaijin