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Breakdown of gaikoku
country
国
Enclose a ball and call it a country. Who decides what a country is anyway?
outside
外
Don't go outside in the evening, it's teeming with fortune-tellers.
Usages of gaikoku
彼 は 外国 で 生まれました。kare wa gaikoku de umaremashita.
He was born in a foreign country.
外国 の 文化 を 学びたい。gaikoku no bunka o manabitai.
I want to learn about foreign culture.
外国人gaikokujin
foreigner
外国語gaikokugo
foreign language
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