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やとがいこくじん お雇い外国人
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1. hired foreigner; foreign advisor 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​
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2. Foreign government advisors in Meiji Japan​The foreign government advisors in Meiji Japan, known in Japanese as oyatoi gaikokujin, were those 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. The term is sometimes rendered o-yatoi gaikokujin in romaji. The total number is uncertain, but is estimated to have reached more than 3,000 (with thousands more in the private sector).
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御雇い外国人 【おやといがいこくじん】、御雇外国人 【おやといがいこくじん】

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