お雇やとい外がい国こく人じん

noun

foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government during the Bakumatsu and Meiji periods

Historical term referring to specialists from Western countries employed to assist Japan's modernization in fields such as engineering, education, and military affairs.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だい、多おおくのお雇やとい外がい国こく人じんが日本にほんの近きん代だい化かに貢こう献けんした。

  During the Meiji period, many hired foreigners contributed to Japan's modernization.

• お雇やとい外がい国こく人じんの中なかには、鉄てつ道どうや灯とう台だいの建けん設せつを指し導どうした技ぎ術じゅつ者しゃもいた。

  Among the hired foreigners were engineers who supervised the construction of railways and lighthouses.