内国人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
内	国	人
ない Grade: 2	こく Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
內國人 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 内国 (naikoku, “the interior of a country, within a country”) +‎ 人 (jin, “person”).^[1][2] Literally, “person from within a country”.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ないこく​じん [nàíkókúꜜjìǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [na̠iko̞kɯ̟ᵝʑĩɴ]

Noun

内(ない)国(こく)人(じん) • (naikokujin) 

1. (in contrast to a foreigner) a native of a country, a citizen

   Synonym: 国民 (kokumin)

   Antonym: 外国人 (gaikokujin)

References

1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN