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国外追放 (kokugaitsuihou) Japanese meaning: deportation | Kotomora

国こく外がい追つい放ほう

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Meanings

1

deportation; expulsion from a country

Refers to the formal act of forcing a foreign national to leave a country, typically by government order.

不ふ法ほう滞たい在ざい者しゃは国こく外がい追つい放ほうされることがある

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Illegal immigrants may be deported.

政せい府ふはスパイ容よう疑ぎで外がい交こう官かんを国こく外がい追つい放ほうにした。

The government expelled the diplomat on suspicion of espionage.

Kanji

国country
外outside
追chase, drive away, follow
放set free, release, fire

Related words

退たい去きょ強きょう制せい
退去強制 is the legal term for deportation under Japan's Immigration Control Act, while 国外追放 is a broader, more general term for expulsion from a country.

Built from

国こく外がい+追つい放ほう

Etymology

Compound of 国外 (outside the country) and 追放 (banishment, expulsion).