Originally Posted by
AlwaysAisle
Cabbage, キャベツ, 球菜
Tomato, トマト, 赤茄子
so cabbage is "ball vegetable" and tomato is "red eggplant"...
My question: people from historically closer linked cultures, such as Chinese, Taiwanese, and Koreans, are generally not called gaijins. Starting from where do the foreigners stop being gaijins? Are Vietnamese, Filipinos, Mongolians gaijins? What about Indians?