Illustration: At the entrance to a small Japanese ceramics cooperative, its representative welcomes buyers arriving from outside the organization. She stands at the threshold, presenting a sample bowl and shaking a visitor's hand.

JLPT N1pre-noun adjectivalLevel estimated by Bebop

対たい外がい

taigai

foreign, external

Usually precedes a noun, as in 対外政策. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 対外たいがい貿易ぼうえきは巨額きょがくの収入しゅうにゅうをもたらす。

    Foreign trade brings in a large income.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. アメリカの対外たいがい債務さいむは5000億おくドルを突破とっぱしましたよ。

    America’s foreign debt shot past $500 billion.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 対外たいがい政策せいさくとしては幕府ばくふは鎖国政策さこくせいさくを布しいていた。

    The shogunate government took up the seclusion policy as a foreign policy.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 対外

  • 対vis-a-vis; oppositeOnタイ・ツイKunあいて・こたえる・そろい
  • 外outsideOnガイ・ゲKunそと・ほか・はずす

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