際

Meaning

際 centers on the boundary or meeting point between two things: a physical edge or verge, or a point in time when something happens. The meanings 'dangerous', 'adventurous', and 'indecent' are less common and may be specialized or archaic uses.

• 実際じっさい
  N3

  reality; actuality; truth; fact; actual conditions

• 際さい
  N1

  occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when

• 国際こくさい
  N4

  international

• 交際こうさい
  N3

  company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance

• 際立つきわだつ
  N1

  to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking; to be notable

• 間際まぎわ
  N1

  the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); the eve (of)

• 窓際まどぎわ
  N1

  at the window; by the window; next to the window

• 手際てぎわ
  N1

  skill; ability; dexterity

• 際限さいげん
  N1

  limits; end; bounds

• 瀬戸際せとぎわ

  brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment

• 水際みずぎわ

  water's edge; waterside; shore

• 学際がくさい

  interdisciplinary

• 土俵際どひょうぎわ

  edge of the ring

• 国際的こくさいてき
  N1

  international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan

• 国際化こくさいか
  N3

  internationalization; internationalisation

• 国際法こくさいほう

  international law; law of nations

• 交際費こうさいひ
  N3

  entertainment expenses

• 国際人こくさいじん

  internationally minded person; cosmopolitan; cosmopolite; citizen of the world

• 国際協力事業団こくさいきょうりょくじぎょうだん

  Japan International Cooperation Agency (1974); JICA

• 際会さいかい

  meeting; facing; confronting

• 国際連合こくさいれんごう
  N2

  United Nations; UN

• 手際よくてぎわよく
  N1

  efficiently; skillfully; adeptly; adroitly; deftly

• に際してにさいして

  on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during

• 実際はじっさいは

  in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth

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