tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post3730864338456315332..comments2023-12-11T03:37:10.895-08:00Comments on This Card Is Cool - My Life in Baseball Cards: Some New Releases in JapanRyan Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12670458381967699663noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-9821566156460368362013-01-26T17:08:56.820-08:002013-01-26T17:08:56.820-08:00Thanks for the comments guys. Gaijin means non-Jap...Thanks for the comments guys. Gaijin means non-Japanese, though I suppose it's used more when referring to Westerners. The literal translation of the kanji on the card (最強外国人伝説) is Strongest Foreigner Legend(s) and applying grammar rules ou get legend strongest foreign. It seems Google has (hopefully) fixed the translation from alien to foreign(er). <br /><br />In everyday conversation, gaijin refers to anyone who doesn't look, talk, and act like Japanese. Koreans and Chinese are gaijin too, and it kind of ties in to the Japanese desire to be compliant and in harmony.Ryan Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670458381967699663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-8517848271243167122013-01-23T05:11:53.833-08:002013-01-23T05:11:53.833-08:00I want to say I saw Orioles pitcher Wei-Yin Chen, ...I want to say I saw Orioles pitcher Wei-Yin Chen, who used to pitch for the Dragons, referred to as Gaijin and that surprised me slightly... I guess I'd assumed it was meant to refer to Westerners, but that's when I realized it was "non-Japanese".<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-23745546439580754752013-01-23T05:06:18.495-08:002013-01-23T05:06:18.495-08:00Google is translating the name of the Gaijin set a...Google is translating the name of the Gaijin set as "Strongest Legendary Alien". I found it interesting that the set includes at least one Taiwanese player in addition to the Westerners. Don't think there are any Koreans.<br /><br />The back of the Giants Legend card does seem empty. Usually BBM has a photo on the back of their cards - that may be why it looks like something's missing.NPB Card Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178497208404127283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-657985600764530650.post-80644657414092833312013-01-23T04:14:26.026-08:002013-01-23T04:14:26.026-08:00...So is the official name of the set "Gaijin......So is the official name of the set "Gaijin"? That set looks cool, I think I might have to track that down.<br /><br />I've also seen "Gaijin" translated as "Outsiders", but my uneducated take is "Anyone who isn't Japanese"... I get the impression that if a white guy were born and raised in Japan and spoke fluent Japanese, he wouldn't technically be a foreigner, but he'd still be "Gaijin".<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com