異邦人|いほうじんihoujin

1. nounforeigner
2. nounstranger
3. noungentile; goy; non-Jew

• Synonym外国人がいこくじんNeutralThe broadest term, focused on nationality; fine in speech and official writing. 「異邦人」 is literary, for one from a foreign land or another region, rare in daily use.
• Synonym外人がいじんCasualColloquial for a foreigner, often a Westerner, and sometimes felt as impolite. Use 「外国人」 in formal settings; unlike 「異邦人」 it has no literary flavor.
• Synonym異国人いこくじんWrittenA foreigner, with an old-fashioned, exotic tone. Close to 「異邦人」 in meaning; both are rare in everyday speech, where 「外国人」 is the normal choice.
• Related異人いじんWrittenA foreigner, especially a Westerner; largely Meiji-era usage, as in 「異人館」, and rare today. It can also mean simply another person.
• Related他国者たこくものWrittenAn unknown person from elsewhere, mainly about region rather than country, and little used. 「異邦人」 typically points to someone from a foreign land.
• Related他国人たこくじんNeutralSomeone from another country, a fairly objective label that is little used. In daily speech say 「外国人」; 「異邦人」 carries a literary color.
• RelatedエトランゼWrittenA French loanword for an outsider or someone from afar, with a romantic, artistic feel. Close to 「異邦人」 in nuance but even more Western in flavor.
• RelatedストレンジャーNeutralA loanword for a stranger, someone you don't know, with no link to nationality, and rare. In daily speech say 「知らない人」.
• Related外来者がいらいしゃNeutralSomeone who comes in from outside a place or group, regardless of nationality. 「異邦人」 stresses a person from a foreign land or distant region.
• Antonym同胞どうほうNeutralPeople of the same country or nation; it also means siblings born of the same parents. The opposite of 「異邦人」, who comes from a foreign land.
• Antonym同国人どうこくじんNeutralA person of the same country, or from the same home region, though little used. The opposite of 「異邦人」, who comes from another country.

For an ordinary foreigner, say 「外国人」. 「異邦人」 is literary: someone from a foreign land or another region, and in religious contexts a non-Jew. For an outsider regardless of nationality use 「外来者」; for someone of one's own country, 「同胞」.

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

1. 異国いこくの人ひと。外人がいじん。
2. ほかの地域ちいきや社会しゃかいから来きた人ひと。
3. ユダヤ人ゆだやじんからユダヤ教ゆだやきょうでないもの、特とくにキリスト教きりすときょうを呼よぶ語ご。