三さん国ごく人じん

noun

national of a third country

Neutral legal/administrative term for a person from a country other than the two directly involved in a bilateral context (e.g., Japan and another nation).

• この協きょう定ていは、三さん国ごく人じんの入にゅう国こく手て続つづきを簡かん素そ化かする。

  This agreement simplifies entry procedures for nationals of third countries.

noun

foreign resident in Japan (derogatory, esp. Chinese and Korean)

Derogatory term historically used in post-WWII Japan to refer to former colonial subjects (especially Chinese and Korean) who remained in Japan; now considered discriminatory and offensive.

• 戦せん後ご、一いち部ぶの排はい外がい主しゅ義ぎ者しゃが「三さん国ごく人じん」という蔑べっ称しょうを使つかった。

  After the war, some xenophobes used the derogatory label 'sangokujin'.