Illustration: In a Japanese family’s living room, an open suitcase rests beside a globe with clearly outlined countries. A parent holds one fingertip on Japan while a child places a small destination pin on Australia.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

外がい国こく

gaikoku

foreign country, abroad

Example sentences

  1. あなたは外国がいこくの本ほんを持もっていますか。

    Do you have any foreign books?

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  2. 外国がいこくへいきたい。

    I want to go abroad.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしは外国がいこくから帰かえってきた。

    I returned from abroad.

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Kanji in 外国

  • 外outsideOnガイ・ゲKunそと・ほか・はずす
  • 国countryOnコクKunくに

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