お雇い外国人

御雇外国人

Reading

Kana: おやといがいこくじん
Romaji: oyatoigaikokujin
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

hired foreigners; foreign advisors hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era

Kanji

Readings: コ、 やと.う
Meanings: employ, hire
Readings: ガイ、 ゲ、 そと、 ほか、 はず.す、 はず.れる、 と-
Meaning: outside
Readings: コク、 くに
Meaning: country
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ギョ、 ゴ、 おん-、 お-、 み-
Meanings: honorable, manipulate, govern