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kaijin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kai-jin
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fictional humanoid monster as a typical antagonist in tokusatsu media.

Etymology

From Japanese 怪人 (かいじん, kaijin), from Middle Chinese 怪 (kweajᴴ, “strange, fantastic”) + 人 (nyin, “person”)

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

kaijins (plural)

Questions

What does kaijin mean?
A fictional humanoid monster as a typical antagonist in tokusatsu media.
Where does kaijin come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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