外がい部ぶ

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

Refers to the physical outside of a building, structure, or enclosed area. Often used with の to modify nouns.

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There is a crack in the outside wall.

外がい部ぶから建たて物ものを見みると、とても古ふるく見みえる。

When you look at the building from the outside, it looks very old.

2

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

Refers to being outside a group, organization, company, or system; often contrasted with 内部 (internal). Common in business and social contexts.

〈物もの〉が外がい部ぶに漏もれるfor something (information, etc.) to leak to the outside
会かい社しゃの機き密みつ情じょう報ほうが外がい部ぶに漏もれてしまった。
The company's confidential information leaked to outsiders.
外がい部ぶから〈動どう詞し〉to be done/come from outside (e.g. attacked, criticized, invited)
そのシステムは外がい部ぶから攻こう撃げきを受うけた。
The system was attacked from the outside.
〈事こと〉を外がい部ぶに委い託たくするto outsource (a task) to an external party
その業ぎょう務むを外がい部ぶに委い託たくすることにした。
We decided to outsource that work to an external company.
外がい部ぶとの〈事こと〉(contact, connection, etc.) with the outside
囚しゅう人じんは外がい部ぶとの接せっ触しょくを制せい限げんされている。
The prisoner's contact with the outside world is restricted.

外そと側がわN3sense 1
外側 is concrete, meaning the physical outer surface of something, while 外部 can also refer abstractly to being outside a group or system.
部ぶ外がい sense 2
部外 specifically means 'outside a department or organization' and is used adjectivally (部外者), whereas 外部 is a broader noun for 'the outside' in general.
外がい界かい
外界 emphasizes the whole world beyond one's own self or system, while 外部 more neutrally means 'the outside' of any bounded thing, including organizations.
外そと付づけ
外付け specifically describes a peripheral physically attached outside a device, whereas 外部 is a broader word for anything outside a boundary or organization.
社しゃ外がい
外部 is a general term for anything external, while 社外 specifically refers to being outside one's own company.

内ない部ぶN2
内部 means 'inside/internal', the direct opposite of 外部, which means 'outside/external'.

Compound of 外 (outside) and 部 (part, section). The reading is on'yomi, and the word follows standard Sino-Japanese word formation.

外がい部ぶキー

foreign key

external bus

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