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洋夷
Hiragana
ようい
Noun
Japanese Meaning
洋夷（ようい）は、主に江戸時代から明治初期にかけて、日本人が西洋（欧米）諸国の人々をさげすんで呼んだ語で、「西洋の野蛮人」「西洋のならず者」といった蔑称的・差別的な意味合いを持つ名詞です。 / また、文明観や価値観の違いから、西洋人を自国の秩序を乱す存在・侵略者視して呼ぶ場合にも用いられ、「異国の侵略者」「外つ国の乱暴者」といったニュアンスを含むことがあります。
Easy Japanese Meaning
むかしの日本で 西洋のくにの ひとを ひげする ぶれいな よびかた
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
西方人（贬称） / 洋人（贬称） / 西洋蛮夷（歧视性称呼）
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
舊時對西方人的貶稱 / 指西洋外國人，含蔑視
Korean Meaning
서양인을 낮잡아 이르는 말 / 서양의 오랑캐를 뜻하는 옛 표현
Vietnamese Meaning
người phương Tây (cách gọi miệt thị, cổ) / kẻ Tây dương (miệt thị)
Tagalog Meaning
mapanlait na tawag sa kanluranin / mapanlibak na tawag sa taga-Kanluran / kanluraning barbaro (mapanlait)
Sense（1）
a demeaning term for a westerner
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（ hiragana historical ）
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洋夷
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He was angry about being called a westerner in a derogatory way.
He was angry about being called a westerner in a derogatory way.
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彼は洋夷と呼ばれることに怒っていた。
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