How to say "stranger" in Japanese

• 異邦人いほうじんCommon
  nounA stranger as an outsider: someone from a foreign or unfamiliar land who does not belong where they are, a word with a feeling of alienation. Not for a person you merely do not know.
• 見ず知らずみずしらずCommon
  nounCovers 'stranger' as unfamiliarity: the state of two people being wholly unacquainted. It characterizes a person as a complete stranger — someone you have never met and know nothing about.

Use 異邦人 for a stranger in the sense of an outsider from a foreign land, and 「見ず知らず」 for the unfamiliarity of someone you have never met, a complete stranger.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• よそ者よそものstranger
• ストレンジャーstranger
• 流れ者ながれものstranger
• エトランゼstranger
• 他国者たこくものstranger
• 外来者がいらいしゃstranger
• よその人よそのひとstranger
• 旅がらすたびがらすwanderer
• 他国人たこくじんforeigner
• 異国人いこくじんforeigner
• 旅の者たびのものtraveler
• 他人たにんoutsider
• 野良のらstranger (in an online multiplayer game)
• 異邦人いほうじんstranger
• もぐりoutsider
• 見ず知らずみずしらずunfamiliarity