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Is "flyjin" a Japanese word?

If so, does it have an antonym?

And what is the correct way to write it in Japanese? Is it フライジン or フライ人{じん}?

For those who might be unfamiliar with the term,
"[flyjin](https://hoofin.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/a-comment-from-the-coiner-
of-the-term-flyjin/)" is a word derived from "gaijin" to describe foreigners
who "flew away" from Japan after the earthquke, tsunami, and nuclear incident
on March 11, 2011.
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Is "flyjin" a Japanese word, and if so, does it have an antonym?
Given that the word is _constructed out of_ the Japanese language, it would be
an understandable mistake to think the word was Japanese.

However, "flyjin" is **not** a Japanese word.

The word "flyjin" was coined within the English speaking foreign community in
Japan, where the issue of people leaving Japan after the earthquake was a
topic of much discussion.

Japanese people, for the most part, are unaware, and unconcerned, about the
issues that gave rise to the term. Thus the term "flyjin" is almost entirely
unknown to Japanese people.

Following from that, there is no widely accepted "correct" way to write it in
Japanese. Nor is there an accepted Japanese equivalent term. If you are
speaking to a Japanese person about "flyjin", you will have to explain the
concept however you see fit.

For antonyms, they also exist only within the subculture of English speaking
foreigners in Japan, and would not be considered "Japanese" words. Still,
there are two contenders. One is "stayjin", the meaning and origins of which
are self evident.

Another is a term coined by a friend of mine: "fryjin". It refers to "fry", as
in those who stayed after the earthquake were "fried" by the radiation from
the Fukushima nuclear power plants.

The best part about it is that in katakana, it's the same as "flyjin": フライジン.
So Japanese can't tell the difference between the words, just as they don't
really differentiate between foreigners who stayed and those who didn't. I
like the metacontextual implications.
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