外がい信しん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

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noun

external communication; foreign correspondence

Refers to communication with foreign countries, especially in news reporting. Often used in compounds like 外信部 (foreign news department) or 外信記者 (foreign correspondent).

新しん聞ぶんの外がい信しん欄らんを読よむのが好すきだ。

I like reading the foreign news section of the newspaper.

彼かれは外がい信しん部ぶに配はい属ぞくされた。

He was assigned to the foreign news department.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉から外がい信しんが入はいるa foreign news dispatch comes in from 〈place〉
パリから外がい信しんが入はいった。
A dispatch came in from Paris.
外がい信しんを打うつto send a cable/dispatch abroad
特とく派は員いんは本ほん社しゃに外がい信しんを打うった。
The correspondent sent a dispatch to the head office.