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異域 (いいき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

異い域いき

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Meanings

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noun

foreign lands; distant region

A somewhat literary or formal term for a foreign country or a faraway place, often with a nuance of being culturally different or remote.

彼かれは異い域いきでの生せい活かつに憧あこがれていた。
He longed for life in a foreign land.

Kanji

異uncommon, different, queerness
域range, region, limits

Similar words

外がい国こく
外国 is the common, everyday word for 'foreign country'. 異域 is more literary and emphasizes the exotic or distant nature of the place.
異い国こく
異国 is also a literary term for a foreign land, but is more common than 異域 and can be used in a wider range of contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 異 (i, 'different, strange') and 域 (iki, 'region, area'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used in literary Japanese to refer to foreign or distant lands.