Japanese

Noun

先入観 ‎(hiragana せんにゅうかん, romaji sennyūkan)

1. a preconception; a preconceived idea; a prejudice

   彼 (かれ)はユダヤ人 (じん)に対 (たい)して馬鹿 (ばか)げた先入観 (せんにゅうかん)を持 (も)っているようだ。

   Kare wa yudaya jin ni taishite bakageta sennyūkan o motte iru yō da.

   He seems to have foolish preconceptions about the Jews.

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.