外とつ国くに

noun

foreign country; land outside Japan

Archaic term for a foreign country, used in classical Japanese. In modern Japanese, 外国 (がいこく) is the standard word.

See also: 外国

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、外とつ国くには異い国こくの地ちを指さす言こと葉ばとして使つかわれた。

  In old texts, 外つ国 was used as a word for a foreign land.

noun

province outside Kinai

Historical term referring to provinces outside the Kinai region (the area around the ancient capital). Used in the context of the Ritsuryō system.

See also: 畿内

• 律りつ令りょう制せいでは、畿き内ない以い外がいの地ち域いきは外とつ国くにと呼よばれた。

  Under the Ritsuryō system, regions outside Kinai were called 外つ国.