[おやといがいこくじん, oyatoigaikokujin] (n) hired foreigners; 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
[あおいがい;アオイガイ, aoigai ; aoigai] (n) (1) (uk) (See 貝蛸) eggcase (shell) of the greater argonaut; (2) (col) greater argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta argo)