► 名詞
外国 [がいこく] meaning: foreign rank: 1
☆ 彼は外国に行ったことがない ⇨ He has never been to a foreign country
外国人 [(4)がいこくじん] meaning: foreign rank: 1
☆ 私が子供の頃は東京でも外国人を見ることは余りなかった ⇨ You didn’t see many foreigners even in Tokyo when I was a child
海外 [(1)かいがい] meaning: foreign rank: 2
☆ 海外旅行 ⇨ An overseas trip (☛ Literally means “out of the sea”, and only applicable for an island country like Japan)
☆ 私は海外に行ったことがない ⇨ I have never been overseas (☛ Literally means “out of the sea”, and only applicable for an island country like Japan)
外人 [がいじん] [coll] meaning: foreign rank: 2
☆ 私が子供の頃は街で外人を見かけることは殆ど無かった ⇨ When I was a kid I hardly saw white people in the town (☛ An abbreviation of 外国人 which means “foreigner”, however usually it only refers to europeans or africans)
国外 [(2)こくがい] meaning: foreign rank: 2
☆ 私は国外旅行をしたことがない ⇨ I have never traveled outside the country
異国 [いこく] [liter] meaning: foreign rank: 4
☆ 異国への旅 ⇨ A trip to a foreign country
異邦人 [(2)いほうじん] [liter] meaning: foreign rank: 4
☆ 外国に異邦人として暮らす ⇨ Live in a foreign country as a foreigner (☛ Used only as a literary expression)