JTO: Today's complex society in Japan spawns a new 'foreigner complex'

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Today's complex society in Japan spawns a new 'foreigner complex'
By - 02-13-2010 04:11 PM
Originally Posted at: The Japan Times Online

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Among the many Japanese words and phrases that have fallen by the wayside of late and become shigo (obsolete), gaijin komupurekkusu (foreigner complex) is certainly among the least missed.
"Foreigner complex" referred to the attitude and behavior of some Japanese people who nurtured, for one reason or another, an inferiority complex toward certain outsiders.



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